*ʕsr: 'to press (a debtor) for payment'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	esēru A (CAD E 332)	CAD E 332	gloss withheld
Arabic	ʿasara (al-ġarīma) 'he demanded the debt of the debtor, it being difficult to him to pay it' (Lane 2042); miʿsar 'who presses his debtor, and straitens him' (Lane 2044)	Lane 2042; Lane 2044

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CAD separates esēru A from esēru B 'to shut in, confine' (408 *ʾVsir-). Arabic ʿasura 'to be difficult, hard' (Lane 2042). Not K0685 *ʿVṣVr- 'press'.

Updated 26 October 2026