Cage

Type Object Hebrew סוּגַר

A structure of bars or wires used to confine animals, with a top or door that can be closed.

Doves in a cage, awaiting to be sold in the temple and to be used as sacrifice
Doves in a cage, awaiting to be sold in the temple and to be used as sacrifice (Image generated by ChatGPT using OpenAI technology) Cage

About Cage

The cage was a kind of basket, woven loosely of cane or sticks. It had a top or door that could be closed. When a bird or other prey was caught alive, it was confined in the cage. Sometimes the basket itself served as a kind of trap.

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Key References

Ezekiel 19:9

With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

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Ezekiel 19:9

With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.