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title: אִסָּר — bond · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אִסָּר (632), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: bond. BDB 1906: n.m. bond, binding obligation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִסָּר

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«אִסָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bond** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 632 · **BDB:** אִסָּר

### Glosses

an.obligation (3); obligation (3); obligations (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bond [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/632/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bond, binding obligation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/632/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Nu 30:8 bond, binding obligation (cf. Biblical Aramaic אֱבָר, Syriac ܐܶܣܳܪ; so forms with suff. infr. v. BaNB62 cf. Sta§ 208a; but perhaps Aramaic loanword v. LagBN 175)—א׳ abs. Nu 30:3 +; cstr. אִסַּר v 13; sf. אֱסָרָהּ v 5; pl. sf. אֱסָרֶיהָ v 6, 15, אֱסָרֶהָ v 8—only Nu 30 (P), binding obligation of oath or vow; mostly acc. cogn. with אָסַר (q.v.); Nu 30:3, 4, 5(×2), 6, 8, 11, 12; אִסַּר נַפְשָׁהּ v 13; שְׁבֻעַת אִסָּר binding oath v 14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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 «אִסָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/632/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 30:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.30.11/)

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וְאִם־בֵּ֥ית אִישָׁ֖הּ נָדָ֑רָה אֽוֹ־אָסְרָ֥ה אִסָּ֛ר עַל־נַפְשָׁ֖הּ בִּשְׁבֻעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and if the.house her.husband her she.has.vowed or she.bound an.obligation on self her by an.oath

*JPS 1917:* And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

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[Numbers 30:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.30.4/)

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וְאִשָּׁ֕ה כִּֽי־תִדֹּ֥ר נֶ֖דֶר לַיהוָ֑ה וְאָסְרָ֥ה אִסָּ֛ר בְּבֵ֥ית אָבִ֖יהָ בִּנְעֻרֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and a.woman (dm) she.will.vow a.vow to Yahweh and she.will.bind an.obligation in the.house her.father her in youth(s) her

*JPS 1917:* Also when a woman voweth a vow unto the LORD, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

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