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title: סָכַר — shut up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָכַר (lemma:סָכַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: shut up. BDB 1906: vb. shut up, stop up. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָכַר

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«סָכַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shut up** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:סָכַר · **BDB:** סָכַר

### Glosses

I.will.hand.over (1); \[they.were\].hiring (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shut up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5db_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shut up, stop up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5db_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shut up, stop up (Aramaic סְכַר, ܣܟܰܪ shut up, stop up, dam up; Arabic سَكَرَ fill, stop up, dam (river), etc., also close, stop up door, Lane1390; Assyrian sikệru, dam up, ii. 2. stop ears; cf. sikkuru, bolt DlHWB 499; appar. kindr. with סגר;—hence Egyptian t’akar, barrier, Bondi88);— Impf. 3 ms. יִסָּכֵר פִּי וגו׳ ψ 63:12 the mouth of liars shall be stopped; 3 mpl. וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ Gn 8:2 (P) and the springs of the deep etc., were shut up. Pf. וְסִכַּרְתִּ֫י אֶת־מִצְרַיִם בְּיַד Is 19:4 and I will shut up (deliver) Egypt into the hand of, etc. (cf. סגר, מגן).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָכַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5db_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 19:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.4/)

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וְסִכַּרְתִּי֙ אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּיַ֖ד אֲדֹנִ֣ים קָשֶׁ֑ה וּמֶ֤לֶךְ עַז֙ יִמְשָׁל־בָּ֔ם נְאֻ֥ם הָאָד֖וֹן יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.hand.over (et) Egypt in.\[the\] hand of.a.master(s) cruel and a.king strong he.will.rule over them the.utterance of the.lord Yahweh of.hosts

*JPS 1917:* And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

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[Ezra 4:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.5/)

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וְסֹכְרִ֧ים עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם יוֹעֲצִ֖ים לְהָפֵ֣ר עֲצָתָ֑ם כָּל־יְמֵ֗י כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס וְעַד־מַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרָֽס׃

*Word for word:* and \[they.were\].hiring on them counselors to frustrate purpose their all the.days of.Cyrus the.king of.Persia and until the.reign of.Darius the.king of.Persia

*JPS 1917:* and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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