a.sir denotes people held captive or bound, whether in a prison or under constraining affliction.

The attested use identifies people under captivity or restraint: those held in a prison, bound under oppressive conditions, or addressed as captives awaiting release. The plural forms predominate, while the supplied verses also include a singular instance.

1. People held captive or under restraint · dominant

   In Genesis 39:20, the construct plural identifies those bound in the place where the king held them, and Genesis 39:22 again places the absolute plural within the prison under Joseph’s charge. Job 3:18 depicts such people together at rest and no longer hearing an oppressor, while Psalm 107:10 situates them in darkness, affliction, and iron. Zechariah 9:11 and Zechariah 9:12 address captives sent out from a waterless pit and called to return to a stronghold.

   Genesis 39:20Genesis 39:22Job 3:18Psalm 107:10Zechariah 9:11Zechariah 9:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the clause is explicit, the APB commonly uses “prisoners,” as in Genesis 39:22, Job 3:18, and Zechariah 9:12; it also describes them as bound or confined in a pit. In Psalm 102:21, Psalm 68:7, and Psalm 69:34, the supplied translation does not clearly isolate the term’s contribution.