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title: אַסִּיר — prisoners · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַסִּיר (616), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: prisoners. BDB 1906: prisoners. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַסִּיר

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«אַסִּיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **prisoners** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 616 · **BDB:** אַסִּיר

### Glosses

prisoner\[s\] (3); a.prisoner (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

prisoners [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/616/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

prisoners [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/616/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] mostly coll. prisoners (according to Ol§ 185 a corruption of אָסִיר, cf. LagBN 110) taken in battle Is 10:4 (LagSymm i. 105; GGA 1884, 259 reads חַת אֹסִיר etc., Osiris is broken, but cf. Checrit. n.), 24:22 (sim. of judgment upon kings of earth); 42:7 (‖ ישְׁבֵי חֹשֶׁךְ; ref. to exiled Isr., but v. also Hi Che Di); 1 Ch 3:17 בְּנֵי יְכָנְיָה אַסִּר prob. = sons of Jeconiah the captive (yet note omission of art.) so Be Zö Öt al.; 𝔊 𝔙 trans. as n.pr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 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 «אַסִּיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/616/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.17/)

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וּבְנֵי֙ יְכָנְיָ֣ה אַסִּ֔ר שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵ֖ל בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Jeconiah a.prisoner \[were\].Shealtiel son his

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Jeconiah — the same is Assir — Shealtiel his son;

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[Isaiah 42:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.7/)

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לִפְקֹ֖חַ עֵינַ֣יִם עִוְר֑וֹת לְהוֹצִ֤יא מִמַּסְגֵּר֙ אַסִּ֔יר מִבֵּ֥ית כֶּ֖לֶא יֹ֥שְׁבֵי חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

*Word for word:* to open eyes blind to bring.out from prison prisoner\[s\] from a.house of.imprisonment \[those.who\].dwell of.darkness

*JPS 1917:* To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

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