מוֹסֵר

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.