guph denotes shutting the doors in the stated instructions for Jerusalem’s gates.

The attested use concerns shutting doors as part of instructions governing Jerusalem’s gates in Nehemiah 7:3.

1. Shutting the doors · dominant

   In Nehemiah 7:3, the Hiphil imperfect masculine plural form occurs in the instruction that, while they are standing, they are to shut the doors and grasp them; the APB renders the clause "they shall shut the doors and grasp them."

   Nehemiah 7:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Nehemiah 7:3, the APB presents the action in the clause "they shall shut the doors and grasp them." The verse is read as a whole, but the clause situates the form in the instruction about the doors.