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# עָגַן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5702

**shut oneself in** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

shut oneself in [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5702/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָגַן: vb. shut oneself in off [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5702/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shut oneself in or off (NH id., Pt. pass. restrained (especially from marriage), also עוֹגִין anchor; 𝔗 עֲגַן be imprisoned);—Impf. 2 fpl. תֵּעָגֵ֫נָה לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֹת לְאִישׁ Ru 1:13 would ye shut yourselves off, so as not to belong to a man?

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: will you shut yourselves off (1).

## In the verses

[Ruth 1:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.1.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.1.13/#tree)

הֲלָהֵ֣ן ׀ תְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָה עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִגְדָּ֔לוּ הֲלָהֵן֙ תֵּֽעָגֵ֔נָה לְבִלְתִּ֖י הֱי֣וֹת לְאִ֑ישׁ אַ֣ל בְּנֹתַ֗י כִּֽי־מַר־לִ֤י מְאֹד֙ מִכֶּ֔ם כִּֽי־יָצְאָ֥ה בִ֖י יַד־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* ? therefore will.you.wait until that they.will.grow.up ? therefore will.you.shut.yourselves.off to not to.belong to a.husband no my.daughters my (dm) it.is.bitter to me very more than.you (dm) it.has.gone.forth on me the.hand of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselves off for them and have no husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5702.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5702/): 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).