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Aramaic
Verb
עסק • (transliteration needed)
- to be difficult, to be troublesome
Hebrew
Etymology
- From biblical עֵשֶׂק (Genesis 26:20).
Noun
עֵסֶק • ('ések) m (plural indefinite עֲסָקִים)
- business, enterprise; deal
- concern, affair
Derived terms
See also
- עשׂק (with Sin-punctuation)
References
- “עסק” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language