אנס

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Hebrew

Root
א־נ־ס (ʾ-n-s)

Verb

אָנַס (anas) (pa'al construction, infinitive לאנוס / לֶאֱנֹס)

  1. (dated) to force, to coerce
  2. to rape

Conjugation

Synonyms

Noun

אַנָּס (anasm (plural indefinite אַנָּסִים)

  1. (dated) an attacker
    • Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Foundations of the Torah 5.7:
      והריגת נפש מישראל לרפאות נפש אחרת או להציל אדם מיד אנס דבר שהדעת נוטה לו הוא שאין מאבדין נפש מפני נפש
      And the killing of a soul from Israel in order to heal another soul or in order to rescue a person from an attacker – a thing that the common sense predisposes is that “there is not losing a soul because of soul”
  2. a rapist

Synonyms

Noun

אֹנֶס ('ónesm

  1. defective spelling of אונס