BDB636
[אָסַר] verb tie, bind, imprison (Arabic [untranscribed source text 346], Assyrian asâru , compare COTGloss, Aramaic אֲסַר , [untranscribed source text 347], Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 348]) —
Qal
Perfect suffix אֲסָרָם
Job 36:13 3
feminine singular אָֽסְרָה
Num 30:5 +, etc.;
Imperfect
יֶאְסֹר
1Kgs 20:14
וַיֶּאֱסֹר
Gen 42:24
וַיֶּאְסֹר
Gen 46:29 +;
plural suffix יַאַסְרֻנִי
Judg 16:7 etc.;
Imperative
אֱסֹר
1Kgs 18:44;
2Kgs 9:21
אִסְרוּ
Jer 46:4; Ps 118:27
Infinitive absolute
אָסֹר
Judg 15:13
אָסוֺר
Judg 16:11
construct
לָאְסֹר
Num 30:3 +;
לָאֱסוֺר
Judg 15:10
לֶאֱסָרְךָ
Judg 15:12
אָסְרָם
Hos 10:10
Participle
active construct אֹסְרִי
Gen 49:11
passive
אָסור
Gen 40:3 +; plural
אֲסוּרִים
Gen 39:20 +;
also Judg 16:21
; Judg 16:25
Qr
(
Kt
אסירים); הָסוּרִים
Eccl 4:14
(compare Now); אֲסֻרוֺת
2Sam 3:34
construct אסורי
Gen 39:20
Kt
(
Qr
אֲסִירֵי); —
1.
tie, bind, for security, foal to vine (followed by ל) Gen 49:11 (blessing of Jacob);
horses and asses
2Kgs 7:10 (twice in verse); Ps 118:27 is dubious De
bind the festal victim with cords; Che
bind the procession with branches, etc.
2.
tie, harness, kine to (ב) cart 1Sam 6:7; 1Sam 6:10 so (metaphor) Hos 10:10
harness them to (ל) their two iniquities (but
Jerome
Ew
Now make ׳
א here = יסר
chastise, compare אֶסֳּרֵם va); also followed by accusative
chariot
Gen 46:29 (
J
) Exod 14:6
(
E
) 2Kgs
9:21 absolute 1Kgs 18:44; 2Kgs 9:21 even of making ready chargers הַסּוּסִים
׳
א
Jer 46:4 (||
עֲלוּ הַפָּרָשִׁים).
3.
bind, with cords, fetters, etc., as prisoner, Simeon Gen 42:24 (
E
), Samson Judg 15:10; Judg 15:12; Judg 15:13 (3 t. in verse); Judg 16:5; Judg 16:7; Judg 16:8; Judg 16:11 (twice in verse); Judg 16:12
בַּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם
׳
א
2Kgs 25:7 =
2Chr 36:6 =
Jer 39:7; Jer 52:11
also 2Chr 33:11
compare (without ׳
בַּנ) 2Kgs 17:4 (בֵּית בֶּלָא
׳
א || עָצַת), 2Kgs 23:33 compare of divine chastisement Job 36:13 & see also
Ezek 3:25;
Ps 149:8
figurative of absolute authority Ps 105:22 especially Passive participle
2Sam 3:34
thy hands were not bound (|| and thy feet not put in fetters);
בָּאֿזִקִּים
׳
א
Jer 40:1
compare בַּזִּקִּים
׳
א
Job 36:8
(probably figurative || חַבְלֵיעֹֿ֑נִי); metaphor of king held captive by a woman's tresses
Song 7:6 perhaps
= imprisoned (whether bound or not) Gen 39:20; Gen 40:3; Gen 40:5 (all
J
E
); as substantive plural prisoners
Gen 39:20 (
Kt
, see above); so (late) as distressed, & object of divine compassion Isa 49:9; Isa 61:1; Ps 146:7
בֵּית האסי֯רים
prison
Judg 16:21;
Judg 16:25
compare Eccl 4:14
.
4.
gird (rare & late) אֵזוֺר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם
׳
א
Job 12:18
(אֵזוֺר = slaves' waistcloth, RS p. 25 above; Hoffm reads וַיָּסַר for וַיֶּאְסֹר);
חַרְבּוֺ אֲסוּרִים עַלמָֿתְנָיו
Neh 4:12.
5. followed by מִלְחָמָה
begin the battle, make the attack (compare German mit jemandem anbinden
)
1Kgs
20:14;
2Chr
13:3.
6.
figurative of obligation of oath or vow (only Num 30,
P
) עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ
׳
א, usually followed by accusative of cognate meaning with verb אֱסָר,
אִסָּר
Num 30:3; Num 30:5 (twice
in
verse); Num 30:6
;
Num 30:8; Num 30:9; Num 30:11;
Num 30:12
without
אֱסָר etc., v.Num 30:7 v.Num 30:10 compare v.Num 30:4
אִסָּר
׳
א (עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ omitted)
Niph`al passive of Qal 3, be, bound, imprisoned, Imperfect
(jussive) יֵאָסֵר
Gen 42:19 (
E
); 2 masculine singular תֵּאָסֵר
Judg 16:6; Judg 16:10;
Judg 16:13
(of Samson); Imperative
הֵאָֽסְרוּ
Gen 42:16 (
E
).
Pu`al
Perfect
be taken prisoner
אֻסְּרוּ
Isa 22:3
אֻסָּ֑רוּ
ib.