Lexical Definition

‎מִסְגֶּרֶת‎ miçgereth (mis-gheh'-reth) perimeter ^H:N-F
from ‎סָגַר‎

border, close place, hole.

• something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel)
• concretely, a stronghold

1) border, fastness, rim
1a) border, rim
1b) fastness

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִסְגֶּ֫רֶת‎

noun feminine 1. border, rim.

2. fastness; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 25:27; Exod 37:14 construct ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 25:25; Exod 37:12 suffix ‎מִסְגַּרְתּוֺ‎ Exod 25:25; Exod 37:12 plural absolute ‎מִסְגְּרוֺת‎ 1Kgs 7:28 +; suffix ‎מִסְגְּרֹתֶיהָ‎ v1Kgs 7:35 v1Kgs 7:36, etc.; —

1. border, rim (enclosure), of sacred table in tabernacle Exod 25:25 (twice in verse); Exod 25:27 = Exod 37:12 (twice in verse); Exod 37:14 of bases of the sea, in temple 1Kgs 7:28 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 7:29; 1Kgs 7:31; 1Kgs 7:32; 1Kgs 7:35; 1Kgs 7:36 (compare Benz), also 2Kgs 16:17.

2. fastness, ‎׳‎‎וְיַחְרְגוּ מִמּ‎ Ps 18:46* = 2Sam 22:46 (see ‎חרג‎) and they shall come quaking out of their fastnesses, so Mic 7:17 (‎יִרְגְּזוּ‎, like reptiles), all of nations, in awe of ‎׳‎‎י‎.

II. ‎סגר‎ (√ of following; compare apparently Arabic fill with water Lane¹³⁰⁸, torrent that fills everything Id^ib.; Syriac imber vehemens, and Samaritan ‎אַסְגָּר‎, compare Gei^{Nachgel. Schr. iv. 186}).

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