Midvash

סָכַרçâkar

shut up, stop up

Pronunciation: saw-kar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5534

Meanings

Niph`al: be stopped, were shut up (Psalms 63:12; Genesis 8:2)

Pi`el: shut up (deliver) (Isaiah 19:4)

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 8:2 The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped.
  • Psalms 63:11 But the king will rejoice in God. All who swear to tell the truth will praise him, while liars will be silenced.
  • Isaiah 19:4 I will hand Egypt over to a hard, cruel master. A fierce king will rule them,” says the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).