*ḥagar-: 'gird' 1, 'prevent; enclose, set apart' 2, 'enclosed land' 3

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḥagar-
Meaning'gird' 1, 'prevent; enclose, set apart' 2, 'enclosed land' 3
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Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Epigraphic South ArabianSab ḥgr, yḥgrnn 2; ḥgr(m) 2; mḥgr, mḥgrtn, mḥgrthmw 3 (Biella 166–167)Biella 166–167gloss withheld
Arabicḥaǧara 2; ḥjr (D) 2; maḥjar 3 (Biella 166–167)Biella 166–167gloss withheld
Hebrewḥagar 'gird' 1 (BDB 291)BDB 291; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥgr
Ugariticḥgr 'gird' 1Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥgr
Punicḥgr 2 (Krahmalkov 176)Krahmalkov 176; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥgrgloss withheld

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Notes

Punic ḥgr 'wall' (T 98; KAI 81.4) and Arabic ḥǧr 'to fence in, close off' are compared with '?' (HALOT 291). Biella 167 compares Daṯina maḥjar 'territory reserved for pasturage'.

Updated 3 November 2026

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