Lexical Definition

‎נָצַר‎ nâtsar (naw-tsar') to watch ^H:V
a primitive root

besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).

• to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)

1) to guard, watch, watch over, keep
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to watch, guard, keep
1a2) to preserve, guard from dangers
1a3) to keep, observe, guard with fidelity
1a4) to guard, keep secret
1a5) to be kept close, be blockaded
1a6) watchman (participle)

See Greek: ἀντιλαμβάνομαι · διασπορά · διατηρέω · διαφυλάσσω · ἐκζητέω · ἐνισχύω · ἐντέλλομαι · ἐξαιρέω · ἐπίσταμαι · ἐρευνάω · ζητέω · κολλάω · παύω · περιέχω · πλάσσω · ποιέω · ῥύομαι · σπήλαιον · τηρέω · φυλακή · φυλάσσω · φυτεύω

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Aramaic form: נְטַר
I. [‎נָצַר‎] verb watch, guard, keep (Late Hebrew id., observe; Assyrian naƒâru, watch over, protect; Old Aramaic ‎נצר‎ protect Lzb³²⁵ Cook⁸³; Palmyrene in proper name Vog^{150, 4} Cook¹²⁴; Aramaic ‎נְמַר‎, (compare Wetzst in De^Job (2) on Job 27:18); Arabic look at, consider, examine (, overseer is Aramaic loan-word Frä¹³⁸); Sabean ‎להנצרהמו‎ to aid them Hal^{Rev. Sém. iv (1896), 71}; Ethiopic spectare, intueri, etc., Di⁷⁰¹; — compare also ‎נטר‎); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎נְצָרָ֫תַם‎ Ps 119:129 1 singular ‎נָצָ֑רְתִּי‎ Ps 119:22; Ps 119:56; Ps 119:100 3 masculine plural ‎נָָֽצְרוּ‎ Prov 22:12 Imperfect ‎יִצִּר‎ Prov 3:1 suffix ‎יִצְּרֶ֫נְהוּ‎ Ges^{«GKC:58»§ 58}, 4 R.) Deut 32:10 feminine suffix ‎תִּנְצְרֶ֑כָּה‎ Prov 2:11 (Ges^{«GKC:58»§ 58}, 4 R.); 1 singular ‎אֶצֹּר‎ Ps 119:69 ‎אֶצְּרָה‎ Ps 119:34; Ps 119:115 ‎אֶצֹּ֑רָה‎ Ps 119:145 suffix ‎אֶצָּרְךָ‎ Isa 42:6; Isa 49:8 (Ges Bö Ew and others from ‎יצר‎); ‎אֶצֳּרֶ֑נָּה‎ Isa 27:3 3 masculine plural ‎יִצְּרוּ‎ Prov 20:28 ‎יִנְצֹ֑רוּ‎ Deut 33:9 (on forms see Ges^{«GKC:66»§ 66}, 2, R. I) + 15 t. Imperfect; Imperative ‎נְצֹר‎ Ps 34:14* + 3 t.; ‎נִצְּרָה‎ Ps 141:3 (dagesh forte dirimens Ges^{«GKC:20»§ 20}, 2 b); suffix ‎נִצְּרֶ֑ה‎ Prov 4:13 Infinitive absolute ‎נָצוֺר‎ Nah 2:2* construct ‎נְצֹר‎ Prov 2:8 Participle ‎נוֺצֵר‎ Prov 28:7 ‎נֹצֵר‎ Exod 34:7 + 7 t.; suffix ‎נֹצְרָהּ‎ Isa 27:3 plural ‎נוֺצְרִים‎ 2Kgs 17:9; 2Kgs 18:8, etc.; passive ‎נָצוּר‎ Ezek 6:12 plural ‎נְצוּרִים‎ Isa 65:4 (ᵐ5 ἐν τοις σπηλαίοις, ‎בַּמְּערוֺת‎); construct ‎נְצוּרֵי‎ (Kt ‎נְצִירֵי‎ only here) Isa 49:6 feminine ‎נְצוּרָה‎ Isa 1:8 (Di reads ‎נְצוֺרָה‎ Niph`al Participle √ ‎צוּר‎); construct ‎נְצֻרַת‎ Prov 7:10 plural ‎נְצֻרוֺת‎ Isa 48:6 (Che reads ‎בְּצֻרוֺת‎).

1. Watch, guard, keep, a vineyard Job 27:18 (compare Wetzst in De^Job (2) on the passage), Isa 27:3 (twice in verse), fig-tree Prov 27:18, fortification Nah 2:2* ‎נֹצְרִים‎ watchmen Jer 31:6 ‎׳‎‎מִגְדַּל נ‎ tower of watchmen 2Kgs 17:9; 2Kgs 18:8 in ethical sense of men, guarding the mouth Prov 13:3, the way Prov 16:17 ‎לֵב‎ Prov 4:23 the tongue ‎מֵרַע‎ Ps 34:14* with ‎על‎, over the door of the lips Ps 141:3 of God ‎נֹצֵר הָאָדָם‎ Job 7:20 (thou) watcher of men (iron.).

2. Guard from dangers, preserve, with accusative, subject God or his attributes Deut 32:10; Ps 25:21; Ps 31:24*; Ps 40:12*; Ps 61:8*; Isa 26:3; Isa 42:6; Isa 49:8; Prov 2:8; Prov 20:28; Prov 22:12 ‎נֹצֵר נֶפֶשׁ‎ Prov 24:12 with accusative and ‎מן‎ from which Ps 12:8*; Ps 32:7; Ps 64:2*; Ps 140:2*; Ps 140:5*. In Wisdom Literature subject is abstract: ‎חבמה‎ Prov 4:6 ‎תבונה‎ Prov 2:11 ‎צדקה‎ Prov 13:6 ‎נְצוּרֵי ישׂראל‎ Isa 49:6 preserved of Israel.

3. Guard with fidelity, keep, observe: of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לאלפים‎ Exod 34:7 (J); elsewhere of man observing the covenant Deut 33:9 (poem) Ps 25:10, the divine law Ps 78:7; Ps 105:45; Ps 119:2; Ps 119:22; Ps 119:33; Ps 119:34; Ps 119:56; Ps 119:69; Ps 119:100; Ps 119:115; Ps 119:129; Ps 119:145 commands of parents Ps 60:20; Ps 28:7 and discipline of Wisdom Prov 3:1; Prov 3:21; Prov 4:13; Prov 5:2.

4. Guard, keep secret, dubious: ‎נְצֻרוֺת‎ secret things Isa 48:6 ‎נְצוּרִים‎ secret places Isa 65:4 (see forms above); ‎נְצֻרַת לֵב‎ secret, wily minded Prov 7:10 (of harlot, so RVm close, i.e. secretive).

5. Kept close, blockaded, dubious: ‎הַנָּצוּר‎ the blockaded (so Ew Hi Co Toy; but Ke Bth Kau preserved; Hi Co Bth Toy strike out ‎והנשׁאר‎) Ezek 6:12 ‎עִיר נְצוּרָה‎ blockaded city Isa 1:8 (see form above); ‎נֹצְרִים‎ blockaders Jer 4:16 (but ᵐ5 συστροφαι = ‎צררים‎ i.e. foes).

‎נְצוּרִים‎ see I ‎נצר‎ Qal Passive participle

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