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# מוֹסֵר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4147

**band** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

band [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4147/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מוֹסֵר: n.m. band, bond [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4147/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 28:22 band, bond, poet. & late (= מֹאסֵר; Ethiopic ማእሰr Syriac ܡܶܐܣܰܪܬܳܐ, cf. Assyrian mêsiru, sheathing, plating, e.g. LyonSargontexte, p. 16, l. 65 & p. 80)—cstr. מוּסַר Jb 12:18 (so Di Hoffm al. for מוּסַר); pl. מוֹסֵרוֹת Je 5:5; 27:2; cstr. מֹסְרוֹת Jb 39:5; מוֹסְרֵי Is 52:2; sf. מוֹסֵרָ֑י ψ 116:16; מוֹסְרוֹתֶיךָ Je 30:8; מוֹסְרֵיכֶם Is 28:22; מוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ ψ 2:3 etc.;—bands acc. after פִתֵּחַ Jb 39:5 restraining-bands of wild ass; ψ 116:16 bonds of distress; Is 52:2 מ׳ צַוָּארֵךְ bonds of captivity of Zion, vb. Hithp.; cf. also Jb 12:18 מוֹסַר מְלָכִים פִּתֵּחַ (so read, v. supr. & AV RV); Di understands bonds imposed by kings; Hoffm girdles of kings, & reads וַיָּסַר in ‖, for וַיֶּאְסַר; more often acc. after נִתֵּק ψ 2:3 bonds imposed by י׳ & his anointed, cf. Je 5:5 & 2:20 (𝔊 𝔙, v. Comm.); of Yahweh’s breaking bonds of Isr. Je 30:8 Na 1:13 (last four ‖ שָׁבַר עֹל), bonds of oppressed ψ 107:14; יֶחְזְקוּ מ׳ Is 28:22, i.e. bonds imposed by Assyria; cf. Je 27:2 (‖ מֹט) lit., symbol. of rule of Nebuchadrezzar.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: fetters (2); the fetters (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 52:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.52.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.52.2/#tree)

הִתְנַעֲרִ֧י מֵעָפָ֛ר ק֥וּמִי שְּׁבִ֖י יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙ מוֹסְרֵ֣י צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ שְׁבִיָּ֖ה בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ס

*Word for word:* shake.yourself.free from.\[the\] dust arise O.captive Jerusalem loosen.for.yourself the.fetters your.neck your O.captive.\[one\] the.daughter of.Zion

*JPS 1917:* Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

[Psalms 116:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.116.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.116.16/#tree)

אָֽנָּ֣ה יְהוָה֮ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֪י עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ אֲ‍ֽנִי־עַ֭בְדְּךָ בֶּן־אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ פִּ֝תַּ֗חְתָּ לְמוֹסֵרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* please! O.Yahweh (dm) I servant \[am\].your I servant \[am\].your the.son your.maidservant your you.have.loosened (to) fetters my

*JPS 1917:* I beseech Thee, O LORD, for I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bands.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4147.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4147/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).