H5518A

סִיר

sirH:N-F

pot

1) pot 1a) pot (household utensil) 1b) pot (of temple)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. סִיר noun masculine^{Jer 1:13} and feminine^{2Kgs 4:38} pot (probably foreign word (Egyptian ?), Arabic a large water-jar Lane^{1276 is perhaps loan-word}; on Greek derivatives σιρός, σίρινος see Lewy^{Fremdw. 107}); — ׳ס absolute 2Kgs 4:38 +, construct Exod 16:3 +; plural סִירֹת Exod 38:3, סִירוֺת 1Kgs 7:45 +; suffix סִירֹתָיו Exod 27:3, סִירֹתֵיכֶם Ps 58:10 — pot:

1. a. household utensil for boiling 2Kgs 4:38; 2Kgs 4:39; 2Kgs 4:40; 2Kgs 4:41 (twice in verse) הַבָּשָׂר ׳ס Exod 16:3 (P), Zech 14:21 נָפוּחַ ׳ס Jer 1:13 (compare נפח in vision), symbolic of Jerusalem Ezek 11:3; Ezek 11:7; Ezek 11:11; Ezek 24:3; Ezek 24:6 figurative also Ps 58:10 (compare Che); in simile Mic 3:3; Job 41:23; Eccl 7:6.
b. רַחְצִי ׳ס Ps 60:10 my washing-pot, Ps 108:10.

2. pots used in sanctuary, Ezek 27:3; Ezek 38:3 (both P), 1Kgs 7:40 (read סִירוֺת for ᵑ0 כִּיִּרוֺת, so Manuscripts of HCT ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Th Ke Klo Kmp Benz), v1Kgs 7:45 = 2Chr 4:11; 2Chr 4:16; 2Kgs 25:14 = Jer 52:18, also Jer 52:19; 2Chr 35:13; Zech 14:20. — Here belongs probably סִרָה in בּוֺר הַסִּרָה.

II. [סִיר] noun [masculine] thorn, hook (ᵑ7 id.; compare סירם in Sabean proper name Hom^{ZMG xivi (1892), 532}); —

1. plural סִירִים thorns, sign of desolation Isa 34:13, a barrier Hos 2:8, on Nah 1:10 see [ סָבַךְ]; תַּחַת הַסִּיר ׳כְּקוֺל הַסּ Eccl 7:6 as the sound of thorns (crackling as they burn) under the pot.

2. plural סִירוֺת hooks Amos 4:2 (compare דּוּגָה below דגה; || צִנּוֺת; on relation of meanings see חוֺחַ, צֵן).

סָךְ, [סֹךְ], סֻכָּה, סֻכּוֺת see II. סכך.

24 occurrences

Exodus (3), I Kings (1), II Kings (5), II Chronicles (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (5), Micah (1), Zechariah (2)