Word Origin
from asar
Definition
prisoners
NASB Translation
captives (1), prisoner (1), prisoners (2).

אַסִּיר noun [masculine] mostly collective prisoners (according to Ol^{§ 185 a corruption of} אָסִיר, compare Lag^{BN 110}) taken in battle Isaiah 10:4 (Lag^{Symm i. 105; GGA 1884, 259} reads חַת אֹסִיר etc., Osiris is broken, but compare Che^{critical note}.), Isaiah 24:22 (simile of judgment upon kings of earth); Isaiah 42:7 ("" ישְׁבֵי חשֶׁךְ; reference to exiled Israel, but see also Hi Che Di); 1 Chronicles 3:17 בְּנֵי יְכָנְיָה אַסִּר probably = sons of Jeconiah the captive (yet note omission of article) so Be Zö Öttli and others; ᵐ5 ᵑ9 translated as proper name

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