אָסִיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H615

bondman — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

bondman tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָסִיר: n.m. bondman, prisoner tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Gn 39:20 bondman, prisoner (Arabic أَسِيرٌ, Aramaic ܐܰܣܝܺܪܳܐ, MI אסר)—א׳ abs. ψ 79:11; 102:21; pl. אֲסִירִם Gn 39:22 +, cf. Ju 16:21, 25 Kt; cstr. אֲסִירֵי ψ 107:10 +, Gn 39:20 Qr; אֲסִירָיו ψ 69:34 +, etc.;—prisoner Gn 39:20, 22 (J), elsewhere only poetic; Is 14:17; as having rest in grave from task-master Jb 3:18; especially as obj. of divine compassion ψ 68:7 (‖ יָחִיד), 69:34 (‖ אֶבְיוֹן); אֶנְקַת א׳ 79:11; 102:21 (both ‖ בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה), 107:10 א׳ עֳנִי וּבַרְזֶל (‖ ישְׁבֵי חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת); cf. א׳ אָ֑רֶץ La 3:34; specif. of liberated exiles of Isr. Zc 9:11, called captives of hope א׳ הַתִּקְוָה v 12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: prisoners (7); O prisoners (1); [the] prisoners (1).

In the verses

Job 3:18 · tree →

יַ֭חַד אֲסִירִ֣ים שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ לֹ֥א שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ ק֣וֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃

Word for word: together prisoners they.are.at.ease not they.hear [the].voice of.a.taskmaster

JPS 1917: There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

Psalms 102:21 · tree →

לִ֭שְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַ֣ת אָסִ֑יר לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַ בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃

Word for word: to hear [the].groaning of.prisoner[s] to set.free [the].sons of.death

JPS 1917: To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

On Mova

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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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