calamity
| Root | אסן (ʾ-s-n) |
| Core Meanings | harm, disaster, calamity, misfortune |
| Semantic Range | serious harm, fatal injury, disastrous event, grave misfortune, calamity resulting in death or severe loss |
| Conceptual Significance | אָסוֹן appears in legal and narrative contexts to denote catastrophic harm, often involving loss of life. Its usage underscores the gravity of unintended injury and highlights the biblical concern for justice and accountability when irreversible damage occurs. |
| Morphological Notes | Common masculine singular noun in the absolute state (HNcmsa); no pronominal suffix or construct relationship in the cited forms. |
| Rendering Rationale | אָסוֹן is a masculine singular absolute noun denoting a severe instance of harm or disaster. The rendering "calamity" preserves the sense of sudden, serious misfortune inherent in the term while accurately reflecting its singular, indefinite form. |
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