Aramaic edit

Verb edit

עסק (transliteration needed)

  1. to be difficult, to be troublesome

Hebrew edit

Root
ע־ס־ק (ʿ-s-q)

Etymology edit

  • From biblical עֵשֶׂק (Genesis 26:20).

Noun edit

עֵסֶק ('ésekm (plural indefinite עֲסָקִים)

  1. business, enterprise; deal
  2. concern, affair

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • עסק” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language