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סְגַר çᵉgar — (Aramaic) corresponding to H5462

pronounced seg-ar' · Strong's H5463 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as shut up.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5462.

çᵉgar in each stem

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

וּֽסֲגַ֛ר Dan 6:23 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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