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Aramaic
Verb
עצר • (transliteration needed)
- to trample
- to squeeze, to press
Hebrew
Verb
עָצַר • (atsár) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶעֱצַר)
- (transitive or intransitive, ergative) To stop, to stop moving, to halt, to stop the motion of. (See usage note below.)
- לי בירן, תני לי אויר
- תני לו אויר וכל העולם יעצור כי את איתי, טמונה בליבי
- To arrest.
Usage notes
- Hebrew has two words corresponding to English stop: עצר and הִפְסִיק (hifsík). The former pertains to motion; more explicitly, it means "(intransitive) To halt, to stop moving" or "(transitive) To halt, to stop the motion of". The latter pertains to other actions or events; more explicitly, it means "(transitive) To cease, to desist, to terminate."
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Noun
עֹצֶר • ('ótser) m
- defective spelling of עוצר