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Genesis 8:2
“The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
סָכַרçâkar · saw-kar'
H5534 · Hebrew
H5534 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to shut up; by implication, to surrender
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- stop, give over. See also H5462 (סָגַר), H7936 (שָׂכַר).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 63:12Isaiah 19:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סָכַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.