I. סִיר noun masculine^{Jeremiah 1:13} and feminine^{2Kings 4:38} pot (probably foreign word (Egyptian ?), Arabic a large water-jar Lane^{1276is perhaps loan-word}; on Greek derivatives σιρός, σίρινος see Lewy^{Fremdw. 107}); — ׳ס absolute 2 Kings 4:38 +, construct Exodus 16:3 +; plural סִירֹת Exodus 38:3, סִירוֺת 1 Kings 7:45 +; suffix סִירֹתָיו Exodus 27:3, סִירֹתֵיכֶם Psalm 58:10; — pot:

1. a. household utensil for boiling 2 Kings 4:38,39,40,41 (twice in verse) הַבָּשָׂר ׳ס Exodus 16:3 (P), Zechariah 14:21; נָפוּחַ ׳ס Jeremiah 1:13 (compare נפח in vision), symbolic of Jerusalem Ezekiel 11:3,7,11; Ezekiel 24:3,6; figurative also Psalm 58:10 (compare Che); in simile Micah 3:3; Job 41:23; Ecclesiastes 7:6.

b. רַחְצִי ׳ס Psalm 60:10 my washing-pot, Psalm 108:10.

2 pots used in sanctuary, Ezekiel 27:3; Ezekiel 38:3 (both P), 1 Kings 7:40 (read סִירוֺת for ᵑ0 כִּיִּרוֺת, so Manuscripts of HCT ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Th Ke Klo Kmp Benz), 1 Kings 7:45 2Chronicles 4:11,16; 2 Kings 25:14 = Jeremiah 52:18, also Jeremiah 52:19; 2Chronicles 35:13; Zechariah 14:20. — Here belongs probably סִרָה in בּוֺר הַסִּרָה.

II. [סִיר] noun [masculine] thorn, hook (ᵑ7 id.; compare סירם in Sabean proper name Hom^{ZMG xivi (1892), 532}); —

1 plural סִירִים thorns, sign of desolation Isaiah 34:13, a barrier Hosea 2:8, on Nahum 1:10 see [ סָבַךְ]; תַּחַת הַסִּיר ׳כְּקוֺל הַסּ Ecclesiastes 7:6 as the sound of thorns (crackling as they burn) under the pot.

2 plural סִירוֺת hooks Amos 4:2 (compare דּוּגָה below דגה; "" צִנּוֺת; on relation of meanings see חוֺחַ, צֵן).

סָךְ, [סֹךְ], סֻכָּה, סֻכּוֺת see II. סכך.