אונס

Hebrew
Root
א־נ־ס‎ (ʾ-n-s)

Noun

אונס / אֹנֶס • ('ónes) m (plural indefinite אונסים / אֳנָסִים‎, plural construct אונסי / אָנְסֵי־‎) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. coercion, compulsion
    • Tanach, Esther 1:8, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:
      ‏וְהַשְּׁתִיָּה כַדָּת אֵין אֹנֵס‎‎
      vəhaššətiyyá kaddát ēn ónes
      The drinking was done according to the law, there was no compulsion
  2. circumstances causing something to be unavoidable
  3. rape
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