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# מַסְגֵּר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4525

**locksmith** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

locksmith [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4525/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַסְגֵּר²: locksmith, smith dungeon: Pu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4525/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] 1. locksmith, smith. 2. dungeon:—always abs.: coll. smiths, וְכָל־הֶחָרָשׁ וְהַמּ׳ 2 K 24:14 cf. v 16, Je 24:1; 29:2. dungeon Is 24:22 (cf. סגר Pu.); fig. of exile 42:7 (הוֹצִיא מִמּ׳); הוֹצִיאָה מִמּ׳ נַפְשִׁי ψ 142:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: prison (2); a prison (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 42:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.7/#tree)

לִפְקֹ֖חַ עֵינַ֣יִם עִוְר֑וֹת לְהוֹצִ֤יא מִמַּסְגֵּר֙ אַסִּ֔יר מִבֵּ֥ית כֶּ֖לֶא יֹ֥שְׁבֵי חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

*Word for word:* to open eyes blind to bring.out from prison prisoner\[s\] from a.house of.imprisonment \[those.who\].dwell of.darkness

*JPS 1917:* To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

[Isaiah 24:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.22/#tree)

וְאֻסְּפ֨וּ אֲסֵפָ֤ה אַסִּיר֙ עַל־בּ֔וֹר וְסֻגְּר֖וּ עַל־מַסְגֵּ֑ר וּמֵרֹ֥ב יָמִ֖ים יִפָּקֵֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.gathered a.gathering prisoner\[s\] to a.pit and they.will.be.shut.up at a.prison and from an.abundance of.days they.will.be.visited

*JPS 1917:* And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be punished.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4525.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4525/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).