na.al describes securing an exit or enclosed place shut, including doors and a garden or spring.

The attested use concerns securing something shut: an attendant is commanded to secure a door after sending a woman out, upper-room doors are found secured, and a garden and spring are described as enclosed.

1. Securing doors or enclosed places shut · dominant

   In 2 Samuel 13:17, the Qal imperative directs the attendant to secure the door after the woman is sent outside; 2 Samuel 13:18 reports the completed action. In Judges 3:23 and Judges 3:24, completed and passive-participial forms describe the upper-room doors as shut and secured, while Song of Songs 4:12 uses a passive participle for a garden and spring described as enclosed; the APB renders these clauses with “bolt,” “locked,” and “sealed.”

   2 Samuel 13:172 Samuel 13:18Judges 3:23Judges 3:24Song of Songs 4:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant clauses with “bolt” in 2 Samuel 13:17 and 2 Samuel 13:18 and “locked” in Judges 3:23, Judges 3:24, and Song of Songs 4:12; it also calls the fountain “sealed” in Song of Songs 4:12. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall portrayal rather than supplying separate meanings.