אסר

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Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *ʔasar-.

Verb

אסר • (transliteration needed)

  1. to bind, to tie
  2. to join

Hebrew

Root
א־ס־ר (ʾ-s-r)

Etymology

Compare with Arabic أَسَرَ (ʔasara, “to capture, seize”)

Verb

אָסַר • (asár) (pa'al construction, present אוֹסֵר, future יֶאֱסֹר, passive participle אָסוּר, passive counterpart נֶאֱסַר)

  1. to bind, tie, join
  2. to imprison
  3. (biblical) to vow
  4. to forbid, prohibit

Conjugation

Conjugation of אָסַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first אָסַרְתִּי אָסַרְנוּ
second אָסַרְתָּ אָסַרְתְּ אֲסַרְתֶּם1 אֲסַרְתֶּן1
third אָסַר אָסְרָה אָסְרוּ
present אוֹסֵר אוֹסֶרֶת אוֹסְרִים אוֹסְרוֹת
future first אאסור / אֶאֱסֹר נאסור / נֶאֱסֹר
second תאסור / תֶּאֱסֹר תֶּאֶסְרִי תֶּאֶסְרוּ תאסורנה / תֶּאֱסֹרְנָה2
third יאסור / יֶאֱסֹר תאסור / תֶּאֱסֹר יֶאֶסְרוּ תאסורנה / תֶּאֱסֹרְנָה2
imperative אסור / אֱסֹר אִסְרִי אִסְרוּ אסורנה / אֱסֹרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced אָסַרְתֶּם and אָסַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
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