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ˀsr (a/a) vb. to bind; to prohibit
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Gpəˁalto bind4 senses▶
1
to bind
Common Aramaic
TgJ 2Sam3:34↗ יְדָך לָא אְסִירָן וְרַגלָך לָא לְזִקִין דִנחָש אִתקָרַבָא‏ : your hands unbound and your feet not having come near bronze fetters ; P Gn37:7↗ ܗܐ ܚܢܢ ܐ݁ܣܪܝܢܢ ܟ̈ܦܐ ܒܓܘ ܚܩܠܐ‏ ; P Mt18:18↗ ܟ݂ܽܠ ܡܵܐ ܕ݁ܬ݂ܸܐܣܪܘ݂ܢ ܒ݁ܲܐܪܥܵܐ܃ ܢܸܗܘܸܐ ܐܲܣܼܝܪ ܒ݁ܲܫܡܲܝܵܐ‏ ; BT BM 86b(50)↗ כיון דחזיוה דקא מצטער דאסר ושרי‏ : when they saw that he was in pain and was tying and loosening (the bandage on his circumcision)
(1)
a person
Common Aramaic
(1)
to tie up someone for imprisonment
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen42:24↗ וֻדבַר מִלְוָתְהוֹן יָת שִמעוֹן וַאֲסַר יָתֵיה לְעֵינֵיהוֹן‏ : he led Simeon from them and tied him up in their sight ; TgJ Jer52:11↗ וְאַסרֵיה בְשֵישְלָן דִנחָש‏ : he bound him up with bronze chains ; IshDeut 141:22↗ ܐܦ ܝܘܣܦ ܐܣܪܗ ܒܡܨܪܝܢ ܠܥܝܢ ܐܚܘ̈ܗܝ‏ ; TgIIChron 33:11↗ ואחדו ית מנשה בכירומנקייא ואסרוהי בשושלוון דנחשא‏ : they seized Manasseh in manacles and imprisoned him with bronze chains
(1)
to imprison
OA, OfAEg, Qumran, JLAtg, JBA, LJLA
Sf.3 a18↗ qtl ˀḥk ˀw ˀsrh : kill or imprison your brother ; TAD A4.3R.3↗ וכעת כזי וידרנג רב חילא מטא לאבוט אסרני‏ : now when general PN came to Abydos he imprisoned me ; 4QEnc1.6.15↗ ٠٠٠ למאסר]כון עד כול יומי ע[למא‏ ; TgO Lev24:12↗ וְאַסרוּהִי בְבֵית מַטְרָא‏ : they imprisoned him in the guard-house ; TgJ Is49:9↗ לְדַאְסִירִין בֵינֵי עַמְמַיָא‏ : to those imprisoned among the nations ; BT Tan 22a(15)↗ ואסרנא גבריא לחודיהו ונשיא לחודיהו‏ : I imprison the men and the women separately ; PJ Gen40:3↗ בית אסירי אתרא דיוסף אסיר תמן‏ : the prison, the place where Joseph was imprisoned
(2)
a thing
Common Aramaic
TgJ 1Sam6:10↗ וֻנסִיבוּ תַרתֵין תוֹרָן מֵינְקָן וַאְסַרוּנִין בַעְגַלתָא‏ : they took two milking cows and tied them to the cart ; TgJ Is3:24↗ דַהְוַאָה אָסְרָן פְסִיקַיָא‏ : that they would tie on strips of fabric [or belt?: MT: חֲגוֹרָה] ; TgJ Hos10:10↗ וֻשלִיטוּ בְהוֹן כְמֵיסַר פַדָנָא עַל תַרתֵין עוֹנָתֵיה‏ : they ruled over you like the connection of the oxen-yoke to its two "eye holes" ; SamTgJ Ex14:6↗ אסאר ית רכבה‏ : he tethered his chariot
(1)
to gird the loins w. armor or other clothing
Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr
TgJ 2Sam20:8↗ וְיוֹאָב אְסִיר מְזָרַז לְבוּשוֹהִי‏ : now Joab was girded up, his clothing armored ; TN Lev8:13↗ ואלבש יתהון כתנן ואסר יתהון המייני׳‏ : He dressed (the priests) with linen robes and girded them with belts ; P Lv8:7↗ ܘܐܣܪܗ ܗܡܝܢܐ‏
(1)
for military action
Common Aramaic
11QtgJob 30.1=38:3↗ אסר נא כ^ג̇^בר חל̇[ציך‏ : gird your loins like a fighter ; TgJ 2Sam21:16↗ וְהוּא אְסִיר אִספָנִיקֵי חְדַתָא‏ : he being girded with a new "Spanish" sword ; TN Gen49:11↗ אסר חרציה ונפק לקרבא‏ ; P 1S25:13↗ ܐܣܘܪܘ ܐܢܫ ܣܝܦܗ‏ ; PJ Deut1:41↗ ואסרתון גבר ית מאני זייניה‏
(1)
to prepare something for military action
OA, JLAtg
TDanStel 6↗ wˀqtl | ml̇[kn | šb]ˁ̇n | ˀ̇sry | ˀ[lpy | r]kb | wˀlpy | prš : I killed 70 kings who mustered thousand of chariots and thousands of horse-cavalry † ; TgJ Jer46:4var.↗ אסרו סוּסָוָתָא‏
(2)
with sackcloth for mourning
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen37:34↗ וַאֲסַר סַקָא בְחַרצֵיה‏ : he tied sackcloth on his loins ; TgJ Joel1:13↗ אֲסַרוּ וֻספוּדוּ כָהֲנַיָא‏ : gird and mourn O priests ; CPA Is15:3↗ ܒܫܘܩܝܗ݀ ܐܝܣܘܪ̈ܘ ܣ̈ܩ‍[‍ܝܐ‍]‍ ܘܐܣ̈ܦܕܘ ܥܠ ܐܝܓܪ̈ܝܗ݀‏ : tie on sackcloth in its streets and mourn on its rooftops ; PJ Gen37:34↗ text not cited
(2)
fig. : to surround
Syr
EphPar 2:6.4↗ ܗܘܝܘ ܐܣܪ ܚ̈ܨܘܗܝ ܕܥܠܡܐ‏ : it [Paradise] girds the loins of the world
(3)
fig. : to make immobile, solid
Sam, Syr
AGnEx 131.14↗ ܚܘܛܪܐ ܐܣܝܪܐ‏ : the solid staff ; EphFid 74:11.2↗ ܨܒ̈ܥܬܐ ܕܐܣܪ ܩܘܪܫܐ‏ : the fingers that frost has immobilized
(3)
to gather something together, collect
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ 2Sam8:4var.↗ וַאְחַד/וַאְסָרָם / דָוִיד מִנֵיה אַלַף וֻשבַע מְאָה פָרָשִין‏ ; P 2Ch13:3↗ ܘܐܣܪ ܐܒܝܐ ܓܒܪ̈ܐ ܥ݁ܒܕ̈ܝ ܩܪܒܐ‏ : PN gathered battle-hardened warriors
(1)
(gram.) to join
Syr
ThbK2 44:10↗ ܐܣܝܪ̈ܐ‏ : joined (in the sense of standard word pairs, e.g., heaven and earth, hot and cold)
2
to prohibit
JPAEpig, Gal, Syr, JBA, LJLA
BT Meg 26b(15)↗ בי כנשתא לחלופה ולזבונה שרי לאגורי ולמשכוני אסיר‏ : the synagogue is permitted for exchanging and selling, but is prohibited for hiring and pledging ; PJ Num25:6↗ ואין אמר אנת דאסירא היא‏ : if you say she is forbidden
(1)
to stop something
Syr
(1)
to prevent a bodily function
LJLAmag
AmGen 3:4:3↗ אתון שמהתא קדיש<י>א אסרון לי עיניהון דכל בני אנשא מלמחזי יתי‏ : O you holy names, prevent the eyes of every human from seeing me
(1)
to stop diarrhea, constipate
Common Aramaic
BT Git 69b(27)↗ למיסר סיסין רטיבתא במיא‏ : for stopping diarrhea: chamomile soaked in water
(2)
w. ܫܪܝ : to control : see s.v. šry vb.
Syr
(3)
to force positive action by implicit prohibition of the negative
OfAEast, Syr
Ps-Clem Recogs 3.182:33↗ ܐܠܘ ܓܝܪ ܥܒܕܢ ܗܘܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܫܬܚܠܦܝܢ ܗܘܝܢ ܘܐܣܪܢ ܕܛܒ̈ܐ ܢܗܘܐ‏ : for if He had made us unchangeable and forced us to be good
3
to bewitch, to cast a spell (also see s.v. ˀswr nom.ag.)
Qumran, JPAEpig, PTA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA, LJLAmag
GenApoc 1.9↗ הא אנח̇נ̇א אסירין ס̇מין כ̇ש̇פ̇ין ו̇ח̇ר̇[שין‏ : he we are bound with drugs, magic, and sorcery ; ActsThom 332:9↗ ܗܘ݂ܐ ܕܝܘܐ ܠܚܕ ܡܢ ܒ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܕܡܙܕܝ ܡ݁ܠܟܐ܂ ܘܠܐ ܐܢܫ ܡܫܟܚ ܗܘܐ ܕܢܐܣܪܝܘܗܝ‏ : one of King Mazdai's children developed a demon and no one was able to control it ; BT Šab 81b(43)↗ אסרתה לההיא ארב‏ : she bound that boat with a spell ; MandMB 51:116↗ ˁsiria šubˁa ˁsiria trisar kukbia uˁsiria mlakia ḏˁl rugza mšlṭia : bound are the seven (planets), bound are the twelve (zodiacal) stars, bound are the supernal beings who have the authority over wrath ; PJ Deut24:6↗ ולא יהוי גבר אסר חתנין וכלין בחרשין‏ : a man must not bewitch grooms and brides with sorcery
(1)
+ בחרשׁין על : id.
LJLA
PJ Deut24:6↗ ולא יהוי גבר אסר חתנין וכלין בחרשין‏ : (as an expansion and explanation of the Pal.Trg. אסורי חתנין וכלין)
4
to vow
Sam
SamTgJ Num30:5↗ אסריה דאסרת על נפשה‏
(1)
to vow abstinence
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Num30:3↗ גְבַר אֲרֵי יִדַר נְדַר קדם יוי אוֹ יְקַיֵים קְיָם לְמֵיסַר אִיסָר עַל נַפשֵיה‏ : Should a man vow to the Lord or promise to impose a prohibition on himself ; TgO Num30:5↗ text not cited ; P Num30:3↗ ܘܢܐܡܐ ܒܡ̈ܘܡܬܐ ܘܢܐܣܘܪ ܐܣܪܐ ܥܠ ܢܦܫܗ‏ ; PJ Num30:5↗ text not cited
Dpaˁˁelto collect and tie together3 senses▶
1
to collect and tie together
JLAtg
TgO Gen37:7↗ וְהָא אֲנַחנָא מְאַסְרִין אֵיסָרָן בְגוֹ חַקלָא‏ : there we were tying bundles within the field
2
to wrap
JLAtg
TgJ Ez27:24↗ אַימְלִין דִזהוֹרִיתָא מַחֲתִין בְקַמטְרוֹן חָפַן גִלדִין מְאַסְרִין דִי בוּצָא‏ : shining silk robes laid in storage chests covered in wrapped linen textiles
3
infinitive before non D finite form
JBAmb
JBABowl 79.1:1↗ text not cited ; JBABowl 119.1:26↗ ואיסורי אסיריתון וחתימיתון‏
Cˀafˁelto have bound or fixate tightly1 sense▶
to have bound or fixate tightly
Syr
EphPar 7:10.1↗ ܐܘܣܪܝܘܗܝ ܣܝܒܘܬܐ ܠܪܢܝܟܝ ܒܦܪܕܝܣܐ‏ : old age, fixate your thought on Paradise
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be bound2 senses▶
1
to be bound
Sam, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man
P Ju16:6↗ ܒܡܢܐ ܡܬܐܣܪ ܐܢܬ‏ : how can you be tied up? ; P Is22:3↗ ܡܢ ܩܫܬܐ ܐܬܐܣܪܘ‏ ; JohnBook 8:5↗ uˁstar bˁsura ḏlalam : he was bound in an eternal bond
(1)
to be girdled
Sam
(2)
to be joined
Syr
ES1 548:25 ܗܕܐ ܗܝ ܥܠܬܐ ܗܘܬܐ ܕܟܠܬ݂ ܠܫܘܟܢܐ ܕܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܕܒܗ݀ ܒܐܬܐ ܗܝ݁ ܐܬܐܣܪܬ‏ : this is the reason that blocked the gift of the grace that had been joined to that sign
(3)
to be imprisoned
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen42:16↗ שְלַחוּ מִנְכוֹן חַד וְיִדבַר יָת אֲחוּכוֹן וְאַתוּן תִתאַסרוּן‏ : send one of you to bring your brother while you are imprisoned ; TgJ Jud16:6↗ חַוִי כְעַן לִי בְמָא תִתאְסַר‏ : tell me now with what you can be incapacitated ; TgJ Is10:4↗ בְכֵין בַר מִן אְרַעכוֹן אְסִירִין תִתאַסרוּן‏ : Therefore you shall be imprisoned as prisoners outside your land ; P Gn42:16↗ ܘܐܢܬܘܢ ܐܬܐܣܪܘ‏
(4)
to be swaddled
JLAtg
TgJ Ez16:4↗ וֻבַאֲסָרִין לָא אתאֲסַר‏ : it was not swaddled in wraps
(5)
to be bound by a spell
JPAEpig, JBAmb, Man
Rot 43; 97 יתקטר ויתאסר גידה רבה‏ : his large penis shall be tied and bound ; JBABowl 4.1:4↗ תוב אסרנא ^לכון באי^סורא דאתסרו ביה שבעה ככבין ותרין עשר מלוי ^א^שין‏ : I bind you by the spell with which were bound the seven planets and the twelve zodiacal constellations ; MandAmulet 5:225 ↗ litisrun ulitkmrun uliplun ˁlẖ ḏmraihun : let them be bound and return and fall upon their master
(1)
ܒܪܚܡܬܐ : to be seduced
Syr
(6)
to be closed
Syr
BBah 708:3↗ text not cited
2
to be prohibited, forbidden
JLAtg, PTA, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Hag2:12↗ הֲיִתאֲסַר"היסתאב‏ : does it become prohibited (var. fouled)?[=MT: הֲיִקְדָּשׁ] ; BT Naz 62b(12)↗ דכי מיתסר בהאי איתסר בכולהו‏ : for when he is forbidden for this one, he is forbidden for all of them ; PJ Num11:10↗ על קריבתא דמתאסרן להון‏ : about the female relatives who had been prohibited to them (cf. Sifre ad loc.)
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In almost all meanings this root is the opposite of šry.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 79[37]DJPA: 68bDJBA: 150bJastrow: 98Drower/Macuch: 29b, 30a, 249a,Payne-Smith: 320J. Payne-Smith: 24Levy Ch-W: 1:50Tal Sam: 54DNWSI: 90DCPA[Schulthess]: 23[15]BarBahlul: 708:3Qumran: 20
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