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Psalms 78:48

“He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

סָגַרçâgar · saw-gar'
H5462 · Hebrew

Definition: to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יַּסְגֵּ֣ר — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vhw3ms
Usage: Occurs 91 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:21 Genesis 7:16 Genesis 19:6 Genesis 19:10 Exodus 14:3

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 סָגַר here.

Verse 47 Verse 49

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.