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# מַסְגֵּר

Biblical Hebrew

**locksmith** — used 4 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/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e1_5b0_5d2_5b5_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַסְגֵּר²: locksmith, smith dungeon: Pu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e1_5b0_5d2_5b5_5bc_5e8/#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, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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: smith (4).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 29:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.2/#tree)

אַחֲרֵ֣י צֵ֣את יְכָנְיָֽה־הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ וְהַגְּבִירָ֨ה וְהַסָּרִיסִ֜ים שָׂרֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֧ה וִירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם וְהֶחָרָ֥שׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּ֖ר מִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* after went.out Jeconiah the king and the queen-mother and the court-officials the.officials of.Judah and Jerusalem and the craftsman and the smith from Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the officers, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;

[2 Kings 24:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.24.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.24.16/#tree)

וְאֵת֩ כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֨י הַחַ֜יִל שִׁבְעַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֗ים וְהֶחָרָ֤שׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּר֙ אֶ֔לֶף הַכֹּ֕ל גִּבּוֹרִ֖ים עֹשֵׂ֣י מִלְחָמָ֑ה וַיְבִיאֵ֧ם מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל גּוֹלָ֖ה בָּבֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* and (et) all the.men of.(the) strength seven thousand(s) and the craftsman and the smith one.thousand (the) everyone \[were\].warriors makers of.war and he brought.them the.king of.Babylon exile\[s\] to Babylon

*JPS 1917:* And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e1_5b0_5d2_5b5_5bc_5e8/): 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).