א־ס־ר

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Cognate with Arabic ء س ر (ʔ-s-r). The "prohibition" sense derives from the primary "binding" sense.

Root

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א־ס־ר (ʾ-s-r)

  1. Related to binding, tying, imprisonment.
  2. Related to banning, prohibition, forbiddenness.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • א־ס־ר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • א־ס־ר”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾSR”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 97–98
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 45