סָרִיס45 noun masculine eunuch (Late Hebrew id., ᵑ7 סָרִיסָא, Syriac (all with verb denominative = emasculate), Old Aramaic סרסא Lzb331 Cook86; Arabic , (verb be impotent), Kam Frey (not Lane); probably foreign word; according to JenZA vii. 174 = Assyrian šarêši (rîši), he who is the head, chief, compare BrockLex 239 b DlHWB 694 (ša-riš ?), ZimZMG liii. 1899, 116; eunuch being specialized meaning; in any case Arabic is Aramaic loan-word); — absolute ׳ס [1Kgs 22:9] + 7 t.; construct סְרִיס [Gen 37:36] + 3 t.; plural סָרִיסִים [2Kgs 9:32] + 17 t.; construct סְרִיסֵי [Gen 40:7] + 4 t.; suffix סָרִיסָיו [Gen 40:2] + 4 t., סָרִיסֶ֫יהָ [Esth 4:4] — eunuch, of Pharaoh [Gen 37:36]; [Gen 40:2]; [Gen 40:7] (all E), married [Gen 39:1] (RJE); of Israel kings [1Sam 8:15] (predict.), [1Kgs 22:9] = [2Chr 18:8]; [2Kgs 8:6]; [2Kgs 9:32] (all of Northern Israel); [1Chr 28:1] (in David's time). [2Kgs 23:11]; [2Kgs 24:12]; [2Kgs 24:15] compare [Jer 29:2], also [Jer 34:19]; [Jer 38:7]; [Jer 41:16] (all in Judah; so likewise) [2Kgs 25:19] (military officer) = [Jer 52:25] of Babylonian kings [2Kgs 20:18] = [Isa 39:7] (predict.); ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel, רַב סָרִיסָיו [Dan 1:3], שַׂר הַסָּרִיסִים v[Dan 1:7] v[Dan 1:8] v[Dan 1:9] v[Dan 1:10] v[Dan 1:11] v[Dan 1:18] to king of Persia in [Esth 1:10]; [Esth 1:12]; [Esth 1:15] + 9 t. Esther; promises made to eunuchs [Isa 56:3]; [Isa 56:4]. (Term never used in law codes; on contrary compare exclusion of פְּצוּעַ דַּכָּא, and כְּרוּת שָׁפְכָה [Deut 23:2] [see Dron the passage], also מְרוֺחַ אָ֑שֶׁךְ [Lev 21:20].) — רַבסָֿרִיס is title of high military officer [2Kgs 18:17] (Assyrian ), [Jer 39:3]; [Jer 39:13] (Babylonian ). — See further, Thes SmithDB Art. ' Eunuch, ' Di[Gen 39:1] Dr[Deut 23:1].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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