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אֱסוּר

Biblical Aramaic

band — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

band tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֱסוּר: band, bond tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] band, bond (𝔗 אֲסוּר, אֵיסוּר, Syriac ܐܶܣܳܪ, ܐܰܣܽܘܪ );—abs. א׳ Dn 4:12, 20 (of iron and bronze, for stump, in Neb.’s vision); pl. abs. אֱסוּרִין Ezr 7:26 bonds = imprisonment.

Jastrow 1903

אֱסוּר: tie, chain. tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(b. h. אֵסוּר) tie, chain. Dan. IV, 12.—Pl. אֱסוּרִין Ezra VII, 26; v. אֵיסַר.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (15 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a fetter (2); imprisonment(s) (1).

In the verses

Ezra 7:26 · tree →

וְכָל־דִּי־לָא֩ לֶהֱוֵ֨א עָבֵ֜ד דָּתָ֣א דִֽי־אֱלָהָ֗ךְ וְדָתָא֙ דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֔א אָסְפַּ֕רְנָא דִּינָ֕ה לֶהֱוֵ֥א מִתְעֲבֵ֖ד מִנֵּ֑הּ הֵ֤ן לְמוֹת֙ הֵ֣ן לִשְׁרֹשִׁ֔י הֵן־לַעֲנָ֥שׁ נִכְסִ֖ין וְלֶאֱסוּרִֽין׃פ

Word for word: and any who not he.will.be doing the law (diy).of God your and the decree (diy).of the king diligently (the) judgment let.it.be done from him whether to death or to banishment or to confiscation of.properti(es) and to imprisonment(s)

JPS 1917: And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.'

Daniel 4:12 · tree →

בְּרַ֨ם עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ בְּאַרְעָ֣א שְׁבֻ֔קוּ וּבֶֽאֱסוּר֙ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֣ל וּנְחָ֔שׁ בְּדִתְאָ֖א דִּ֣י בָרָ֑א וּבְטַ֤ל שְׁמַיָּא֙ יִצְטַבַּ֔ע וְעִם־חֵיוְתָ֥א חֲלָקֵ֖הּ בַּעֲשַׂ֥ב אַרְעָֽא׃

Word for word: nevertheless the.stump of its.roots in the ground leave! and with a.fetter (diy).of iron and bronze in the grass (diy).of the field and with the.dew of the.heavens let.it.become.wet and.[be] with the animal[s] portion its in the.grass of the.earth

JPS 1917: Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth;

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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