Fetter (Hastings' Dictionary)

Three Heb. words are translated fetter. 1. n;;'n), Arab. naMs, copper. In La 3' this word is rendered chain, in Jer 39' 52" (RV) fetters, also in Jg 16-', 2 S 3^, 2 K 25', 2 Ch 33" 36". In the Arab. tr. by Van Dyck, crw'nj is rendered sil/^sil nahds, copper chains, or silsilatain min nahds, two chains of copper. It is still the custom in Syria to attach a chain to each of the rings put round a prisoner's ankles, the middle of the chain being fastened to his girdle.

A prisoner is thus, according to the Arabic way of speaking, bound with two chains. 2. ^23, Syr. kiiiel (a late word borrowed from Aramaic. The Arab, kabal is probably a loan-word from the Aramaic). There are two passages in which this word is used, both referring to fetters of iron, Ps 105' and Ps 149. 3. pi, D'iJi (Is 45", Nah 3'° fetters of captives. Job 36' fig.) Horses and other animals are usually tethered by ropes fastened to the fore foot and the hind foot on one side. W. Casslaw,