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סגור

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Hebrew

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Root
ס־ג־ר (s-g-r)

Etymology

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Passive participle of סָגַר (sagár, to close).

Adjective

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סָגוּר (sagúr) (feminine סְגוּרָה, masculine plural סְגוּרִים, feminine plural סְגוּרוֹת)

  1. closed

Antonyms

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Noun

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סְגוֹר (s'górm (no plural forms)

  1. enclosure, casing
    • Tanach, Hosea 13:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אֶפְגְּשֵׁם כְּדֹב שַׁכּוּל וְאֶקְרַע סְגוֹר לִבָּם וְאֹכְלֵם שָׁם כְּלָבִיא חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּבַקְּעֵם׃
      Ef'g'shém k-dóv shakúl, v-eqráʿ s'gor libám; v-okhlám sham k-laví; ḥayyat has-sadéh tivaqqʿem.
      I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the enclosure of their heart; And there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
  2. gold
    Synonyms: זָהָב, פַּז, כֶּתֶם, חָרוּץ, בֶּצֶר, אוֹפִיר
    • Tanach, Job 28:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      לֹא־יֻתַּן סְגוֹר תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְלֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כֶּסֶף מְחִירָהּ׃
      Lo yután s'gor taḥtéha; v-lo yishaqél késef m'ḥirah.
      It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

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