Lexical Definition

‎סְגוֹר‎ çᵉgôwr (seg-ore') enclosure ^H:N-M
from ‎סָגַר‎

caul, gold.

• properly, shut up, i.e. the breast (as enclosing the heart)
• also gold (as generally shut up safely)

1) enclosure, encasement, fine gold

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סְגוֺר‎ noun [masculine] enclosure, encasement; — construct ‎סְגוֺר לִבָּם‎ Hos 13:8 the encasement of their heart (pericardium; i.e. their vitals). — ‎סְגוֺר‎ Job 28:15 must = fine gold, si vera lectio, but see ‎סגר‎, Qal. near the end; ‎סְגֹר‎ Ps 35:3 see id., Qal 2 b.

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