ʕṣr / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ʕṣr: alizarin, Shemini Atzereth.

ʕṣr

West Semitic, to press. restrain, retain.

1. Shemini Atzereth, from Hebrew ʕăṣeret, assembly, gathering, from ʕāṣar, to retain.
2. alizarin, probably from Arabic al-ʕuṣāra, the juice, from ʕaṣara, to squeeze.


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