BDB5570
I. סִיר noun masculine Jer 1:13 and feminine 2Kgs 4:38 pot (probably foreign word (Egyptian ?), Arabic [untranscribed source text 3571] a large water-jar Lane1276 is perhaps loan-word ; on Greek derivatives σιρός, σίρινος see LewyFremdw. 107); — ׳ ס absolute 2Kgs 4:38 +, construct Exod 16:3 +; plural סִירֹת Exod 38:3, סִירוֺת 1Kgs 7:45 +; suffix סִירֹתָיו Exod 27:3, סִירֹתֵיכֶם Ps 58:10 — pot:
1.
a.
household utensil for boiling
2Kgs 4:38;
2Kgs 4:39;
2Kgs 4:40;
2Kgs 4:41
(twice
in verse) הַבָּשָׂר
׳
ס
Exod 16:3 (
P
),
Zech
14:21
נָפוּחַ
׳
ס
Jer 1:13
(compare
נפח in vision), symbolic of Jerusalem Ezek 11:3; Ezek 11:7; Ezek 11:11; Ezek 24:3; Ezek 24:6
figurative also
Ps 58:10 (compare
Che); in simile Mic 3:3; Job 41:23; Eccl 7:6.
b.
רַחְצִי
׳
ס
Ps 60:10
my washing-pot, Ps 108:10.
2.
pots used in sanctuary, Ezek 27:3; Ezek 38:3 (both
P
),
1Kgs
7:40 (read סִירוֺת for
ᵑ0
כִּיִּרוֺת, so Manuscripts of HCT
ᵐ5
ᵑ9
Th
Ke
Klo
Kmp
Benz), 1Kgs 7:45 = 2Chr 4:11; 2Chr 4:16; 2Kgs 25:14 = Jer 52:18
, also Jer
52:19;
2Chr 35:13
;
Zech
14:20. — Here belongs probably סִרָה in בּוֺר הַסִּרָה.