סגור

Hebrew[edit]

Root
ס־ג־ר (s-g-r)

Passive participle of סָגַר (sagár, “to close”).

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

סְגוֹר • (s'gór) m (no plural forms)

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.
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.