“Locking” — the closing service of Yom Kippur, when the gates are shut on the year's verdict
also written: ne'ilah, ne’ilah, ne'ila, neila
In Scripture
World English Bible
Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
Judges 3:23
The plain verb behind the service's name: to bolt a door shut.
A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.
Song of Songs 4:12
The same root as an image of what is kept and sealed — a garden, a spring, a fountain.
