סָרִיס

סָרִיס₄₅ noun masculine eunuch (Late Hebrew id., ᵑ7 סָרִיסָא, Syriac (all with verb denominative = emasculate), Old Aramaic סרסא Lzb³³¹ Cook⁸⁶; Arabic , (verb be impotent), Kam Frey (not Lane); probably foreign word; according to Jen^{ZA vii. 174} = Assyrian šarêši (rîši), he who is the head, chief, compare Brock^{Lex 239 b} Dl^{HWB 694} (ša-riš ?), Zim^{ZMG liii. 1899, 116}; eunuch being specialized meaning; in any case Arabic is Aramaic loan-word); — absolute ׳ס 1 Kong 22,9 + 7 t.; construct סְרִיס 1 Mos 37,36 + 3 t.; plural סָרִיסִים 2 Kong 9,32 + 17 t.; construct סְרִיסֵי 1 Mos 40,7 + 4 t.; suffix סָרִיסָיו 1 Mos 40,2 + 4 t., סָרִיסֶ֫יהָ Est 4,4 — eunuch, of Pharaoh 1 Mos 37,36; 1 Mos 40,2; 1 Mos 40,7 (all E), married 1 Mos 39,1 (R^JE); of Israel kings 1 Sam 8,15 (predict.), 1 Kong 22,9 = 2 Kron 18,8; 2 Kong 8,6; 2 Kong 9,32 (all of Northern Israel); 1 Kron 28,1 (in David's time). 2 Kong 23,11; 2 Kong 24,12; 2 Kong 24,15 compare Jer 29,2, also Jer 34,19; Jer 38,7; Jer 41,16 (all in Judah; so likewise) 2 Kong 25,19 (military officer) = Jer 52,25 of Babylonian kings 2 Kong 20,18 = Es 39,7 (predict.); ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel, רַב סָרִיסָיו Dan 1,3, שַׂר הַסָּרִיסִים vDan 1,7 vDan 1,8 vDan 1,9 vDan 1,10 vDan 1,11 vDan 1,18 to king of Persia in Est 1,10; Est 1,12; Est 1,15 + 9 t. Esther; promises made to eunuchs Es 56,3; Es 56,4. (Term never used in law codes; on contrary compare exclusion of פְּצוּעַ דַּכָּא, and כְּרוּת שָׁפְכָה 5 Mos 23,2 [see Dr^{on the passage}], also מְרוֺחַ אָ֑שֶׁךְ 3 Mos 21,20.) — רַבסָֿרִיס is title of high military officer 2 Kong 18,17 (Assyrian ), Jer 39,3; Jer 39,13 (Babylonian ). — See further, Thes Smith^{DB Art.} ' Eunuch, ' Di^{1 Mos 39,1} Dr^{5 Mos 23,1}.