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title: אָסִיר — bondman · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָסִיר (615), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: bondman. BDB 1906: n.m. bondman, prisoner. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָסִיר

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«אָסִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bondman** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 615 · **BDB:** אָסִיר

### Glosses

prisoners (7); O.prisoners (1); \[the\].prisoners (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bondman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/615/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bondman, prisoner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/615/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 39:20 bondman, prisoner (Arabic أَسِيرٌ, Aramaic ܐܰܣܝܺܪܳܐ, MI אסר)—א׳ abs. ψ 79:11; 102:21; pl. אֲסִירִם Gn 39:22 +, cf. Ju 16:21, 25 Kt; cstr. אֲסִירֵי ψ 107:10 +, Gn 39:20 Qr; אֲסִירָיו ψ 69:34 +, etc.;—prisoner Gn 39:20, 22 (J), elsewhere only poetic; Is 14:17; as having rest in grave from task-master Jb 3:18; especially as obj. of divine compassion ψ 68:7 (‖ יָחִיד), 69:34 (‖ אֶבְיוֹן); אֶנְקַת א׳ 79:11; 102:21 (both ‖ בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה), 107:10 א׳ עֳנִי וּבַרְזֶל (‖ ישְׁבֵי חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת); cf. א׳ אָ֑רֶץ La 3:34; specif. of liberated exiles of Isr. Zc 9:11, called captives of hope א׳ הַתִּקְוָה v 12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָסִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/615/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.18/)

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יַ֭חַד אֲסִירִ֣ים שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ לֹ֥א שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ ק֣וֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃

*Word for word:* together prisoners they.are.at.ease not they.hear \[the\].voice of.a.taskmaster

*JPS 1917:* There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

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[Psalms 102:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.102.21/)

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לִ֭שְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַ֣ת אָסִ֑יר לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַ בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃

*Word for word:* to hear \[the\].groaning of.prisoner\[s\] to set.free \[the\].sons of.death

*JPS 1917:* To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

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