Lexical Definition

‎נָטַר‎ nâṭar (naw-tar') to keep ^H:V
a primitive root

bear grudge, keep(-er), reserve.

• to guard
• figuratively, to cherish (anger)

1) to keep, keep guard, reserve, maintain
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep, maintain
1a2) to keep, guard

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ne.tar (‎נ‎ְ‎ט‎ַ‎ר‎ "to keep" נְטַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָטַר‎] verb keep (less common || of ‎נָצַר‎) (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 ‎נְטַר‎, Syriac id.; Nabataean in proper name Lzb³²³ (compare also below), Arabic id. (object garden, etc.)); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎נָטָ֑רְתִּי‎ Song 1:6 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִטּוֺר‎ Ps 103:9, ‎יִנְטוֺר‎ Jer 3:5 read ‎וַיִּטֹּר‎ also Amos 1:11 (for ᵑ0 ‎יִטְרֹף‎) Ol^{Ps 103:9} We Now GASm Dr; 2 masculine singular ‎תִּטִּר‎ Lev 19:18 1 singular ‎אֶטּוֺר‎ Jer 3:12 Participle active ‎נוֺטֵר‎ Nah 1:2 feminine ‎נֹטֵרָה‎ Song 1:6 masculine plural ‎נֹטְרִים‎ Song 8:11; Song 8:12 —

1. keep, maintain (that is, wrath), of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Jer 3:5; Jer 3:12; Nah 1:2 (with ‎לְ‎ for), Ps 103:9 of Edom Amos 1:11 (reading ‎וַיִּטֹּר לָעַד אַפּוֺ‎ and he kept his anger perpetually, see above).

2. keep, guard a vineyard Song 1:6; Song 1:6 (in figurative), absolute Song 8:11, object ‎פִּרְיוֺ‎ vSong 8:12.

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