אָסִיר noun masculine[Gen 39:20] bondman, prisoner (Arabic , Aramaic , MI אסר) — ׳א absolute [Ps 79:11]; [Ps 102:21] plural אֲסִירִם [Gen 39:22] +, compare [Judg 16:21]; [Judg 16:25] Kt; construct אֲסִירֵי [Ps 107:10] +, [Gen 39:20] Qr; אֲסִירָיו [Ps 69:34] +, etc.; — Prisoner [Gen 39:20]; [Gen 39:22] (J), elsewhere only poetic; [Isa 14:17] as having rest in grave from task-master [Job 3:18] especially as object of divine compassion [Ps 68:7] (|| יָתִיר), [Ps 69:34] (|| אֶבְיוֺן); ׳אֶנְקַת א [Ps 79:11]; [Ps 102:21] (both || בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה), [Ps 107:10] עֳנִי וּבַרְזֶל ׳א (|| ישְׁבֵי חשֶׁח וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת); compare אָ֑רֶץ ׳א [Lam 3:34] specifically of liberated exiles of Israel [Zech 9:11], called captives of hope הַתִּקְוָה ׳א v[Zech 9:12].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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