סָגַר (b. h.) to bar, bolt; to lock up, close. Snh. 38ᵃ (ref. to מסגר, II Kings XXIV, 16) כיון שסוֹגְרִין הלכה וכ׳ after they had closed the discussion about a law (declared it obscure), there was none to open again; Gitt. 88ᵃ; Sifré Deut. 321 אהר שפותח אין סוֹגֵר after he has opened (explained), none can close (raise objection). Tanḥ. Sh’mini 9 עבר על כל בתי … וס׳ אותם he passed over all synagogues and schools and closed them. Mekh. B’shall., s. 3 הים סוגר ושונא רודף וכ׳ the sea forming a bar, and the enemy pursuing &c.; Ex. R. s. 21 (not סגר). Mekh. Yithro, Amal., s. 1 מתחלה … שהיתה סוֹגֶרֶת ומְסוּגֶּרֶת וכ׳ formerly no slave could flee from Egypt, for it was shut up and barred (Josh. VI, 1); a. fr.—Cant. R. to III, 10 (expl. זהב סָגוּר) שהיה סוֹגר בעד כל וכ׳ it locked up the shops of all workers in gold (ruined their trade); Y. Yoma IV, 41ᵈ top מכסיף (corr. acc.); Num. R. s. 12 (not סגור); Ex. R. s. 35 שהיה סגור כל וכ׳ (corr. acc.).
Nif. - נִסְגָּר to be locked up. Yoma 45ᵃ כל החנויות נִסְגָּרוֹת all (gold) shops were closed (their business ruined, v. supra); a. e.
Hif. - הִסְגִּיר to lock up; to bind over, hand over, deliver. Sifré Deut. 322 בקשו ישראל לברוח … היו מַסְגִּירִים אותם when the Israelites attempted to flee northward, they blocked their way. Ib. 323 (ref. to Deut. XXXII, 30) איני מַסְגִּיר אתכם ע"י עצמי וכ׳ I shall not deliver you (into the hands of the enemy) directly, but through others (who will betray you). Ib. מוכרני מיד ומַסְגִּירַנִי מיד I sell and immediately deliver you. Tanḥ. Sh’mini l. c. (ref. to המסגר, v. supra) שכל או"ה … שהן מַסְגִּירִין לכל האומות all nations go before them into enclosures and flee, for they cause all nations to lock themselves up; a. fr.—Esp. to lock up the leper pending the priest’s observation (Lev. XIII, 4, a. e.). Neg. V, 1; a. fr.—Part. pass. מוּסְגָּר a leper under trial, opp. מוחלט (v. חָלַט I). Meg. I, 7; a. fr.