אסר

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Aramaic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Semitic *ʔasar-.

Verb[edit]

אסר (transliteration needed)

  1. to bind, to tie
  2. to join

Hebrew[edit]

Root
א־ס־ר (ʾ-s-r)

Etymology[edit]

Compare with Arabic أَسَرَ (ʔasara, to capture, seize)

Verb[edit]

אָסַר (asár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, present אוֹסֵר, future יֶאֱסֹר, passive participle אָסוּר, passive counterpart נֶאֱסַר)

  1. to bind, tie, join
  2. to imprison
  3. (biblical) to vow
  4. to forbid, prohibit

Conjugation[edit]