Lexicon
סְגוֹר
se.gor
H5458
H:N-M Hebrew

enclosure

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Hebrew
Language

se.gor denotes an enclosing boundary, used of the heart’s enclosure and of what is not given beneath wisdom.

The attested use denotes an enclosing boundary: Hosea 13:8 places it in a construct phrase concerning the heart, while Job 28:15 uses it in a statement that none is given beneath wisdom.

Senses in use

  1. An enclosing boundary · dominant

    In Hosea 13:8, the construct singular form occurs in the phrase concerning “their heart”; the APB renders the clause “I will tear open the enclosure of their heart.” In Job 28:15, the absolute singular appears in the denial that such a thing is given beneath wisdom; the APB renders, “No enclosure is given beneath it.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “enclosure” in both cited clauses, though it is a translation and does not align individual English words to the Hebrew form.

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