Brown-Driver-Briggs
סָרִיס45 noun masculine eunuch (Late Hebrew
id.,
ᵑ7 סָרִיסָא, Syriac
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(all with verb denominative =
emasculate), Old Aramaic
סרסא Lzb
331 Cook
86; Arabic
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(verb
be impotent), Kam Frey (not Lane); probably foreign word; according to Jen
ZA vii. 174 = Assyrian
šarêši (
rîši),
he who is the head, chief, compare Brock
Lex 239 b Dl
HWB 694 (
ša-riš ?), Zim
ZMG liii. 1899, 116;
eunuch being specialized meaning; in any case Arabic is Aramaic loan-word); — absolute
׳ס 1 Kings 22:9 7t.; construct
סְרִיס Genesis 37:36 3t.; plural
סָרִיסִים 2 Kings 9:32 17t.; construct
סְרִיסֵי Genesis 40:7 4t.; suffix
סָרִיסָיו Genesis 40:2 4t.,
סָרִיסֶ֫יהָ Esther 4:4; —
eunuch, of Pharaoh
Genesis 37:36;
Genesis 40:2,7 (all E), married
Genesis 39:1 (R
JE); of Israel kings
1 Samuel 8:15 (predict.),
1 Kings 22:9 2Chronicles 18:8;
2 Kings 8:6;
2 Kings 9:32 (all of Northern Israel);
1 Chronicles 28:1 (in David's time).
2 Kings 23:11;
2 Kings 24:12,15 compare
Jeremiah 29:2, also
Jeremiah 34:19;
Jeremiah 38:7;
Jeremiah 41:16 (all in Judah; so likewise)
2 Kings 25:19 (military officer) =
Jeremiah 52:25; of Babylonian kings
2 Kings 20:18 =
Isaiah 39:7 (predict.); ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel,
רַב סָרִיסָיו Daniel 1:3,
שַׂר הַסָּרִיסִים Daniel 1:7;
Daniel 1:8;
Daniel 1:9;
Daniel 1:10;
Daniel 1:11;
Daniel 1:18; to king of Persia in
Esther 1:10,12,15 9t. Esther; promises made to eunuchs
Isaiah 56:3,4. (Term never used in law codes; on contrary compare exclusion of
מְּצוּעַ דַּכָּא, and
כְּרוּת שָׁפְכָה Deuteronomy 23:2 [see Dr
on the passage], also
מְרוֺחַ אָ֑שֶׁךְ Leviticus 21:20.) —
רַבסָֿרִיס is title of high military officer
2 Kings 18:17 (Assyrian ),
Jeremiah 39:3,13 (Babylonian ). — See further, Thes Smith
DB Art. ' Eunuch, ' Di
Genesis 39:1 Dr
Deut 23:1.
Forms and Transliterations
הַסָּ֣רִיסִ֔ים הַסָּֽרִיסִ֔ים הַסָּֽרִסִים֙ הַסָּרִ֔יס הַסָּרִיסִ֑ים הַסָּרִיסִ֔ים הַסָּרִיסִ֖ים הַסָּרִיסִ֜ים הַסָּרִיסִ֧ים הַסָּרִיסִֽים׃ הַסָּרִיסִים֙ הסריס הסריסים הסריסים׃ הסרסים וְהַסָּרִיסִ֜ים וְסָ֣רִסִ֔ים וְסָֽרִיסָ֑יו וְסָרִיסֵ֥י וְסָרִיסֶ֙יהָ֙ והסריסים וסריסי וסריסיה וסריסיו וסרסים לְסָרִיסָ֖יו לַסָּֽרִיסִים֙ לסריסיו לסריסים מִסָּרִיסֵ֤י מסריסי סְרִ֣יס סְרִ֥יס סְרִ֨יס סְרִיסֵ֣י סְרִיס־ סָֽרִיסִ֔ים סָרִ֖יס סָרִ֗יס סָרִ֨יס סָרִיסִ֔ים סָרִיסִֽים׃ סָרִיסֵ֣י סָרִיסֵ֤י סָרִיסָ֑יו סָרִיסָ֗יו סריס סריס־ סריסי סריסיו סריסים סריסים׃ has·sā·ri·sîm has·sā·rî·sîm has·sā·rîs hassaRis hassārîs hassariSim hassārisîm hassārîsîm las·sā·rî·sîm lassariSim lassārîsîm lə·sā·rî·sāw lesariSav ləsārîsāw mis·sā·rî·sê missārîsê missariSei sā·rî·sāw sā·rî·sê sā·rî·sîm sā·rîs saRis sārîs sariSav sārîsāw sārîsê sariSei sariSim sārîsîm sə·rî·sê sə·rîs sə·rîs- seRis sərîs sərîs- sərîsê seriSei vehassariSim vesariSav vesariSei vesariSeiha veSariSim wə·has·sā·rî·sîm wə·sā·rî·sāw wə·sā·rî·sê wə·sā·rî·se·hā wə·sā·ri·sîm wəhassārîsîm wəsārîsāw wəsārîsê wəsārîsehā wəsārisîm
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