- אֲסִירָא
- אָסִיר, אַסִּיר, אֲסִירָאm. (אסר) 1) as preced., imprisoned, prisoner. Targ. Gen. 40:3; a. fr. 2) (part. pass. of אֲסַר) tied, connected. Fem. אֲסִירָא. Targ. Y. II, Gen. 25:1. 3) forbidden. Targ. Y. Num. 25:6.Pl. אֲסִירִין, אֲסִירֵי, אֲסִירַיָּא; fem. אֲסִירָן. Targ. Gen. 40:3; 5; a. fr.Targ. 2 Sam. 3:34.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
