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 Vog150, 4 Cook124; Aramaic נְמַר, (compare Wetzst in DeJob (2) on Job 27,18); Arabic look at, consider, examine (, overseer is Aramaic loan-word Frä138); Sabean להנצרהמו to aid them HalRev. Sém. iv (1896), 71; Ethiopic spectare, intueri, etc., Di701; — compare also נטר); —
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix
נְצָרָ֫תַם Sl 119,129 1 singular
נָצָ֑רְתִּי Sl 119,22;
Sl 119,56;
Sl 119,100 3 masculine plural
נָָֽצְרוּ Ord 22,12 Imperfect יִצִּר Ord 3,1 suffix
יִצְּרֶ֫נְהוּ Ges«GKC:58»§ 58, 4 R.)
5 Mos 32,10 feminine suffix
תִּנְצְרֶ֑כָּה Ord 2,11 (
Ges«GKC:58»§ 58, 4 R.); 1 singular
אֶצֹּר Sl 119,69 אֶצְּרָה Sl 119,34;
Sl 119,115 אֶצֹּ֑רָה Sl 119,145 suffix
אֶצָּרְךָ Es 42,6;
Es 49,8 (
Ges Bö Ew and others from
יצר);
אֶצֳּרֶ֑נָּה Es 27,3 3 masculine plural
יִצְּרוּ Ord 20,28 יִנְצֹ֑רוּ 5 Mos 33,9 (on forms see
Ges«GKC:66»§ 66, 2, R. I) + 15 t. Imperfect;
Imperative נְצֹר Sl 34,14 + 3 t.;
נִצְּרָה Sl 141,3 (dagesh forte dirimens
Ges«GKC:20»§ 20, 2 b); suffix
נִצְּרֶ֑ה Ord 4,13 Infinitive absolute נָצוֺר Nah 2,2 construct נְצֹר Ord 2,8 Participle נוֺצֵר Ord 28,7 נֹצֵר 2 Mos 34,7 + 7 t.; suffix
נֹצְרָהּ Es 27,3 plural
נוֺצְרִים 2 Kong 17,9;
2 Kong 18,8, etc.;
passive נָצוּר Ezk 6,12 plural
נְצוּרִים Es 65,4 (
ᵐ5 ἐν τοις σπηλαίοις,
בַּמְּערוֺת); construct
נְצוּרֵי (
Kt נְצִירֵי only here)
Es 49,6 feminine
נְצוּרָה Es 1,8 (
Di reads
נְצוֺרָה Niph`al Participle √
צוּר); construct
נְצֻרַת Ord 7,10 plural
נְצֻרוֺת Es 48,6 (
Che reads
בְּצֻרוֺת).
1. Watch, guard, keep, a vineyard
Job 27,18 (compare
Wetzst in
DeJob (2) on the passage),
Es 27,3 (twice in verse), fig-tree
Ord 27,18, fortification
Nah 2,2 נֹצְרִים watchmen Jer 31,6 ׳מִגְדַּל נ tower of watchmen 2 Kong 17,9;
2 Kong 18,8 in ethical sense of men, guarding the mouth
Ord 13,3, the way
Ord 16,17 לֵב Ord 4,23 the tongue
מֵרַע Sl 34,14 with
על, over the door of the lips
Sl 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
5 Mos 32,10;
Sl 25,21;
Sl 31,24;
Sl 40,12;
Sl 61,8;
Es 26,3;
Es 42,6;
Es 49,8;
Ord 2,8;
Ord 20,28;
Ord 22,12 נֹצֵר נֶפֶשׁ Ord 24,12 with accusative and
מן from which
Sl 12,8;
Sl 32,7;
Sl 64,2;
Sl 140,2;
Sl 140,5. In Wisdom Literature subject is abstract:
חבמה Ord 4,6 תבונה Ord 2,11 צדקה Ord 13,6 נְצוּרֵי ישׂראל Es 49,6 preserved of Israel.
3. Guard with fidelity, keep, observe: of
׳י,
נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לאלפים 2 Mos 34,7 (
J); elsewhere of man observing the covenant
5 Mos 33,9 (poem)
Sl 25,10, the divine law
Sl 78,7;
Sl 105,45;
Sl 119,2;
Sl 119,22;
Sl 119,33;
Sl 119,34;
Sl 119,56;
Sl 119,69;
Sl 119,100;
Sl 119,115;
Sl 119,129;
Sl 119,145 commands of parents
Sl 60,20;
Sl 28,7 and discipline of Wisdom
Ord 3,1;
Ord 3,21;
Ord 4,13;
Ord 5,2.
4. Guard, keep secret, dubious:
נְצֻרוֺת secret things Es 48,6 נְצוּרִים secret places Es 65,4 (see forms above);
נְצֻרַת לֵב secret, wily minded Ord 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)
Ezk 6,12 עִיר נְצוּרָה blockaded city Es 1,8 (see form above);
נֹצְרִים blockaders Jer 4,16 (but
ᵐ5 συστροφαι =
צררים i.e.
foes).
נְצוּרִים see I נצר Qal Passive participle