H631. asar

[אָסַר‎] verb tie, bind, imprison (Arabic , Assyrian asâru, compare COT^Gloss, Aramaic אֲסַר‎, , Ethiopic ) —

Qal Perfect suffix אֲסָרָם‎ Job 36:13; 3feminine singular אָֽסְרָה‎ Numbers 30:5 +, etc.; Imperfect יֶאְסֹר‎ 1 Kings 20:14; וַיֶּאֱסֹר‎ Genesis 42:24; וַיֶּאְסֹר‎ 46:29 +; plural suffix יַאַסְרֻנִי‎ Judges 16:7 etc.; Imperative אֱסֹר‎ 1 Kings 18:44; 2 Kings 9:21; אִסְרוּ‎ Jeremiah 46:4; Psalm 118:27; Infinitive absolute אָסֹר‎ Judges 15:13; אָסוֺר‎ 16:11; construct לָאְסֹר‎ Numbers 30:3 +; לָאֱסוֺר‎ Judges 15:10; לֶאֱסָרְךָ‎ 15:12; אָסְרָם‎ Hosea 10:10; Participle active construct אֹסְרִי‎ Genesis 49:11; passive אָסור‎ 40:3 +; plural אֲסוּרִים‎ 39:20 +; also Judges 16:21, 25 Qr (Kt אסירים‎); הָסוּרִים‎ Ecclesiastes 4:14 (compare Now); אֲסֻרוֺת‎ 2 Samuel 3:34; construct אסורי‎ Genesis 39:20 Kt (Qr אֲסִירֵי‎); —

1 tie, bind, for security, foal to vine (followed by ל‎) Genesis 49:11 (blessing of Jacob); horses and asses 2 Kings 7:10 (twice in verse); Psalm 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 1 Samuel 6:7, 10; so (metaphor) Hosea 10:10 harness them to (ל‎) their two iniquities (but Jerome Ew Now make ׳א‎ here = יסר‎ chastise, compare אֶסֳּרֵם‎ v^a); also followed by accusative chariot Genesis 46:29 (J) Exodus 14:6 (E) 2 Kings 9:21; absolute 1 Kings 18:44; 2 Kings 9:21; even of making ready chargers ׳א הַסּוּסִים‎ Jeremiah 46:4 ("" הַמָּרָשִׁים עֲלוּ‎).

3 bind, with cords, fetters, etc., as prisoner, Simeon Genesis 42:24 (E), Samson Judges 15:10, 12, 13 (3 t. in verse); 16:5, 7, 8, 11 (twice in verse); 16:12; ׳א בַּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם‎ 2 Kings 25:7 2 Chronicles 36:6 = Jeremiah 39:7; 52:11; also 2 Chronicles 33:11; compare (without ׳בַּנ‎) 2 Kings 17:4 (׳א בֶּלָא בֵּית‎ "" עָצַת‎), 23:33; compare of divine chastisement Job 36:13 & see also Ezekiel 3:25; Psalm 149:8; figurative of absolute authority 105:22; especially Passive participle 2 Samuel 3:34 thy hands were not bound ("" and thy feet not put in fetters); ׳א בָּאֿזִקִּים‎ Jeremiah 40:1 compare ׳א בַּזִּקִּים‎ Job 36:8 (probably figurative "" חַבְלֵיעֹֿ֑נִי‎); metaphor of king held captive by a woman's tresses Cant 7:6; perhaps = imprisoned (whether bound or not) Genesis 39:20; 40:3, 5 (all J E); as substantive plural prisoners 39:20 (Kt, see above); so (late) as distressed, & object of divine compassion Isaiah 49:9; 61:1; Psalm 146:7; האסי֯רים בֵּית‎ prison Judges 16:21, 25; compare Ecclesiastes 4:14.

4 gird (rare & late) ׳א בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם אֵזוֺר‎ Job 12:18 (אֵזוֺר‎ = slaves' waistcloth, RS p. 25 above; Hoffm reads וַיָּסַר‎ for וַיֶּאְסֹר‎); עַלמָֿתְנָיו אֲסוּרִים חַרְבּוֺ‎ Nehemiah 4:12.

5 followed by מִלְחָמָה‎ begin the battle, make the attack (compare German mit jemandem anbinden) 1 Kings 20:14; 2 Chronicles 13:3.

6 figurative of obligation of oath or vow (only Numbers 30, P) ׳א עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ‎, usually followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb אִסָּר אֱסָר,‎ Numbers 30:3; 30:5 (twice in verse); 30:6; 30:8; 30:9; 30:11; 30:12; without אֱסָר‎ etc., 30:7; 30:10; compare 30:4 ׳א אִסָּר‎ (עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ‎ omitted)

Niph`al passive of Qal 3, be, bound, imprisoned, Imperfect (jussive) יֵאָסֵר‎ Genesis 42:19 (E); 2 masculine singular תֵּאָסֵר‎ Judges 16:6, 10, 13 (of Samson); Imperative הֵאָֽסְרוּ‎ Genesis 42:16 (E).

Pu`al Perfect be taken prisoner אֻסְּרוּ‎ Isaiah 22:3; אֻסָּ֑רוּ‎ ib.

אֵסוּר‎

noun masculine^{Judges 15:14} band, bond (Aramaic אֱסוּר‎, ; on the form see Ges^{§ 84a} 12. R.) אֲסוּרָיו‎, of Samson 15:14; אֲסוּרִים‎ Ecclesiastes 7:26 of hands of evil woman; הָאֵסוּר בֵּית‎ = prison Jeremiah 37:15.