e.sur denotes restraining bonds, whether holding someone physically or depicting capture.

The term denotes restraints that bind or confine: bonds melt from Samson’s hands in Judges 15:14, a prisoner is held in Jeremiah 37:15, and a woman’s hands are described as bonds in Ecclesiastes 7:26.

1. Restraints that bind or confine · dominant

   In Judges 15:14, the plural construct form occurs in the clause about restraints melting from his hands; the APB renders the surrounding clause "his bonds melted from his hands." In Jeremiah 37:15, the singular form occurs in Jeremiah’s confinement after the officials beat him and imprisoned him, while Ecclesiastes 7:26 uses the plural in the description of a woman whose hands are bonds and whose victim is captured.

   Judges 15:14Jeremiah 37:15Ecclesiastes 7:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term’s contexts with "bonds" in Judges 15:14 and Ecclesiastes 7:26, and with imprisonment and a "prison" in Jeremiah 37:15. These renderings describe the clauses rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in each verse.