H8179. shaar

שַׁ֫עַר‎₃₇₃ noun masculine^{2 Samuel 18:24} (feminine^{Isaiah 14:31} in personification, Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 86}) gate; — ׳שׁ‎ absolute Judges 9:40 +, construct Genesis 22:17 +; with ה‎ locative, שָׁ֑עְרָה‎ Isaiah 28:6 +; plural שְׁעָרִים‎ 2 Samuel 18:24 +, construct שַׁעֲרֵי‎ 1 Samuel 17:52 +; suffix שְׁעָרֶיךָ‎ Deuteronomy 12:15 +, שַׁעֲרֵיהֶם‎ Ezekiel 21:20; 48:34, etc.; —

1. a. gate, entrance to city, shut (סָגַר‎) by night Joshua 2:5, 7 (JE), compare Isaiah 45:1, opened (מָּתַח‎) by day Nehemiah 7:3, compare Isaiah 60:11; for entrance (בּוֺא‎), and exit (יָצָא‎) Jeremiah 17:19-20, 21, 24, 25, 27; Lamentations 4:12; Ezekiel 26:10 +; שׁ ׳עָבַר‎ Micah 2:13 pass out through (disregard accents), ׳ע ׳בַּשׁ‎ Isaiah 62:10; with bars Psalm 147:13; attacked Ezekiel 21:20; 21:27, compare Isaiah 28:6; Micah 1:9, 12; 1 Samuel 17:52; on Judges 5:8, 11 see Commentaries; burned (by foe) Jeremiah 19:27; Jeremiah 51:58; Nehemiah 1:3; 2:3, 13, 17; as giving control, possession, of city, שׁ אֵת ׳יָרַשׁ אֹיְבָיו‎ Genesis 22:17; 24:60 (J); הַשּׁ ׳מֶּתַח‎ Judges 9:40 + (see ׳פ‎), הַשּׁ ׳דַּלְתוֺת‎ 1 Samuel 21:14 + (see ׳ד‎

3); ׳מֶּתַחהַֿשּׁ‎ Judges 18:16-17, of farm or village; so of camp Exodus 32:26-27, (J). In cities, elaborate structure, with roof 2 Samuel 18:24, upper chamber 19:1; compare רָאשֵׁיכֶם שְׁעָרִים שְׂאוּ‎ Psalm 24:7; 24:9; write laws ׳בִּשׁ‎ Deuteronomy 6:9 ( + בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ עַלמְֿזֻזוֺת‎), 11:20 (+id..); הַשּׁ ׳בְּתוֺךְ‎ 1 Samuel 9:18, הַשּׁ ׳אֶלאתּוֺךְ‎ 2 Samuel 3:27; שׁ ׳(לְ)יַד‎ as public, 1 Samuel 4:18, + 4:13 ᵐ5‎ Th We Dr and others, compare 2 Samuel 15:2; 18:4; Proverbs 8:3 ("" פְתָחִים מְבוֺא‎).

b. particular gates of Jerusalem are:-1׳שׁ אֶפְרַיִם‎ 3b); (16) ׳שׁ הַמִּנָּה‎ 2 Kings 14:13 "" 2 Chronicles 25:23 (read הַמִּנָּה‎ for הַמּוֺנֶה‎), Jeremiah 31:38; 2 Chronicles 26:9; probably = ׳שׁ הַמִּנִּים‎ Zechariah 14:10; -17׳שׁ הַצּאֹן‎ Nehemiah 3:1, 32; 12:39; -18׳שׁ הָרִאשׁוֺן‎ Zechariah 14:10; — on sites and related to each other see RS-GASm^{Ency. Bib. JERUSALEM} Conder^{Hast. DB id.} Buhl^{G 133 ff.} Bd^{Pal. under the word} Murray^{Hd. Bk, under the word} BeRy^{Ne p. 182 ff.} Gu^ZPV, especially v (1882). 7 ff. viii (1885), 245 ff. Comm.^{on the passage variant} reading

c. of Ezekiel's holy city, הָעִיר שַׁעֲרֵי‎ Ezekiel 48:31, three on each side, named for tribes, 48:31; 48:31; 48:31; 48:31 12t. Ezekiel 48..

2. a. gate = space inside gate, as public meeting-place, market 2 Kings 7:1, 18, place of public well 2 Samuel 23:15-16, = 1 Chronicles 11:17-18, where elders, judges, king, sat officially Deuteronomy 21:19; 22:15; Amos 5:12, 15; Isaiah 29:21; 2 Samuel 18:24; 19:9; 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; Genesis 19:1 (J) Proverbs 24:7; Job 5:4; 31:21; Ruth 4:1 (twice in verse); Proverbs 31:23, 31, etc.; of conqueror Jeremiah 1:15; apparently = שׁ ׳רְחוֺב‎ Genesis 19:2 (J) Nehemiah 8:16; 1 Chronicles 9:16 + (see I. ׳ר‎); Genesis 34:20 (P) one came unto gate (אֶלֿ בָּא‎), so שׁ ׳בָּאֵי‎ 23:10, 18 (P) those entering the gate, i.e. having citizens' rights; also went out (to), שׁ ׳יָצָא‎ Job 29:7 (i.e., in this case, from his own house, outside the city), hence שׁ ׳כָּליֹֿצְאֵי‎ Genesis 34:24 (twice in verse) (P; compare also אֶלֿ הוֺצִיא‎ Deuteronomy 21:19; 22:15, 24); hence = body of citizens, עַמִּי׳כָּלשֿׁ‎ Ruth 3:11.

b. hence also = city Isaiah 14:31 ("" עִיר‎), Psalm 87:2, etc.

c. specifically in Deuteronomy, בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ‎ in thy gates, i.e. thy cities, towns, etc., Deuteronomy 5:14 = Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 12:12, 15, 17, 21 22t. Deuteronomy + 1 Kings 8:37 (read שׁ ׳בְּאַחַד‎, compare Deuteronomy 18:6; 23:17, so ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ modern), so "" 2 Chronicles 6:28, + (perhaps) Jeremiah 14:2 (but 15:7; Nahum 3:13 figurative of gates as entrance to land); of private house, צַדִּיק שַׁעֲרֵי‎ Proverbs 14:19 (perhaps compare Judges 18:16 1a above).

3. a. gate of royal castle or palace 2 Kings 9:31; Jeremiah 22:2, 4; Nehemiah 2:8; Esther 2:19 10t. Esther; specifically (of king of Judah), ׳שׁ סוּר‎ 2 Kings 11:6 = ׳שׁ הַיְסוֺד‎2 Chronicles 23:5 (see ׳יס ׳ס,‎), ׳שׁ הָרָצִים‎ 2 Kings 11:19, ׳הַשּׁ הָר ׳אַחַר‎ 11:6; ׳שׁ הַמּ בֵּית ׳הַסּוּסִים‎2 Chronicles 23:15 ( = הַסּ ׳מְבוֺא‎ "" 2 Kings 11:16); apparently of official residence, שׁ ׳מֶּתַח יְהוֺשֻׁעַ‎ 23:8.

b. of temple Jeremiah 7:2 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 9:23; 16:42 12t. Chronicles, including י מַחֲנוֺת ׳שַׁעֲרֵי‎2 Chronicles 31:2 (see מַחֲנֶה‎

1, p. 334), compare Psalm 100:4; 118:20, צֶדֶק שַׁעֲרֵי‎ Psalm 100:19; specifically ׳שׁ הָעֶלְיוֺן בִּנְיָמִין‎ Jeremiah 20:2, and (omit ׳בִּנְי‎) 2 Kings 15:35 2 Chronicles 27:3; Ezekiel 9:2; 2 Chronicles 23:20, ׳שׁ י ׳(בֵּית) הֶחָדָשׁ‎ Jeremiah 26:10; 36:10, צָפוֺנָה ׳שׁ הַמּוֺנֶה הַמְּנִימִית‎ Ezekiel 8:3 compare 8:14, 8:5, ׳שׁ י בֵּית שַׁעַר ׳הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הַקַּדְמֹנִי‎ 10:19; 11:1; ׳שׁ שַׁלֶּכֶת‎ 1 Chronicles 26:16; הַמֶּלֶח שַׁעַר‎ 9:18.

c. of Ezekiel's temple and courts Ezekiel 40:3, 6; 44:11, 17 67t. Ezekiel 40-47.

d. of court of tabernacle (P), ׳שׁ הֶחָצֵר‎ Exodus 27:16; 35:17 + 6t. Exodus + Numbers 4:36.

4 figurative שׁ ׳זֶה הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ Genesis 28:17 (E; "" אֱלֹהִים בֵּית‎); plural שְׁאוֺל שַׁעֲרֵי‎ Isaiah 38:10; מָֿוֶת׳שׁ‎ Job 38:17; Psalm 9:14; 107:18; ׳שׁ צַלְמָוֶת‎ Job 38:17.

תְּרַע‎ noun [masculine] gate, door (ᵑ7‎ Syriac; Biblical Hebrew שַׁ֫עַר‎, √I. שׁער‎); — construct ׳ת‎:

1 door of furnace Daniel 3:26.

2 gate of king, i.e. palace, court, Daniel 2:29 (compare Esther 2:19, see שַׁ֫עַר‎

3a; also Arabic gate, then the court of a sovereign; plural Sublime Porte, of Turkish court, see especially Dozy^{i. 124}).