Etymology?:
from šāʿar שָׁעַר ‘to calculate’ in its original sense
Roots:
שׁער
šaʿar n, m
1) gate
1a) gate (of entrance)
1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)
1b1) city, town
1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)
1d) heaven
Mentioned in Genesis 23:10, 23:18, 24:60, 22:17, 28:17, 34:20, 34:24, 19:1 Exodus 27:16, 35:17, 38:15, 38:31, 39:40, 32:27, 32:26, 20:10, 38:18, 40:8, 40:33 Numbers 4:26 Deuteronomy 21:19, 22:15, 25:7, 15:7, 24:14, 17:5, 22:24, 14:21, 17:2, 12:15, 12:21, 18:6, 16:5, 23:17, 28:55, 28:57, 15:22, 12:12, 14:27, 14:29, 31:12, 12:17, 12:18, 26:12, 17:8, 5:14, 16:11, 16:18, 28:52, 16:14, 14:28, 6:9, 11:20 Joshua 8:29, 20:4, 2:5, 2:7, 7:5 Judges 9:35, 9:40, 9:44, 16:2, 5:8, 5:11, 16:3, 18:16, 18:17 1 Samuel 4:18, 9:18, 17:52, 21:14 2 Samuel 23:16, 15:2, 19:1, 3:27, 19:9, 23:15, 10:8, 11:23, 18:24, 18:4 1 Kings 8:37, 22:10 2 Kings 9:31, 14:13, 11:6, 7:3, 7:17, 7:18, 23:8, 25:4, 7:1, 10:8, 11:19, 7:20, 15:35 Isaiah 54:12, 62:10, 29:21, 14:31, 60:11, 26:2, 38:10, 45:1, 60:18, 28:6, 22:7, 24:12 Jeremiah 15:7, 14:2, 36:10, 1:15, 17:25, 38:7, 52:7, 17:27, 17:21, 17:19, 17:20, 17:24, 19:2, 37:13, 7:2, 22:2, 26:10, 22:4, 51:58, 39:4, 20:2, 39:3, 31:38, 31:40, 22:19 Ezekiel 21:20, 26:10, 8:5, 46:1, 46:12, 40:7, 40:8, 40:9, 40:15, 40:39, 40:40, 40:48, 44:3, 46:2, 46:8, 10:19, 9:2, 40:6, 40:10, 40:44, 48:31, 48:32, 48:33, 48:34, 40:16, 40:14, 40:21, 40:24, 40:38, 40:22, 11:1, 40:3, 44:2, 8:3, 8:14, 40:18, 40:23, 40:27, 40:28, 40:32, 40:35, 40:41, 43:1, 43:4, 44:4, 44:11, 44:17, 45:19, 46:19, 47:2, 40:11, 40:13, 40:19, 40:20, 46:3, 46:9, 42:15, 44:1, 21:27 Amos 5:12, 5:15, 5:10 Obadiah 1:11, 1:13 Micah 1:9, 1:12, 2:13 Nahum 3:13, 2:7 Zephaniah 1:10 Zechariah 8:16, 14:10 Psalms 87:2, 127:5, 107:18, 24:7, 24:9, 100:4, 118:19, 118:20, 147:13, 9:15, 122:2, 9:14, 69:13 Proverbs 24:7, 22:22, 1:21, 31:23, 31:31, 14:19, 8:3 Job 5:4, 31:21, 38:17, 29:7 Song of Songs 7:5 Ruth 4:10, 3:11, 4:11, 4:1 Lamentations 2:9, 1:4, 4:12, 5:14 Esther 6:12, 2:21, 4:2, 5:13, 6:10, 4:6, 3:3, 3:2, 5:9, 2:19 Nehemiah 2:3, 2:8, 8:3, 3:1, 11:19, 8:1, 7:3, 3:29, 3:31, 13:19, 6:1, 2:14, 3:28, 8:16, 2:13, 2:17, 13:22, 3:13, 1:3, 12:25, 12:39, 3:14, 12:31, 3:3, 3:6, 3:15, 12:30, 2:15, 3:32, 12:37, 3:26 1 Chronicles 26:13, 11:18, 9:23, 11:17, 22:3, 16:42, 9:18, 26:16 2 Chronicles 8:14, 23:20, 35:15, 24:8, 33:14, 6:28, 18:9, 31:2, 23:15, 32:6, 25:23, 27:3, 23:19, 23:5, 26:9