H5341. natsar

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 Perfect3masculine singular suffix נְצָרָ֫תַם‎ Psalm 119:129; 1singular נָצָ֑רְתִּי‎ 119:22; 119:56; 119:100; 3masculine plural נָָֽצְרוּ‎ Proverbs 22:12; Imperfect יִצִּר‎ 3:1; suffix יִצְּרֶ֫נְהוּ‎ Ges^{§ 58}, 4 R.) Deuteronomy 32:10; feminine suffix תִּנְצְרֶ֑כָּה‎ Proverbs 2:11 (Ges^{§ 58}, 4 R.); 1 singular אֶצֹּר‎ Psalm 119:69; אֶצְּרָה‎ 119:34; 119:115; אֶצֹּ֑רָה‎ 119:145; suffix אֶצָּרְךָ‎ Isaiah 42:6; 49:8 (Ges Bö Ew and others from יצר‎); אֶצֳּרֶ֑נָּה‎ 27:3; 3masculine plural יִצְּרוּ‎ Proverbs 20:28; יִנְצֹ֑רוּ‎ Deuteronomy 33:9 (on forms see Ges^{§ 66}, 2, R. I) + 15 t. Imperfect; Imperative נְצֹר‎ Psalm 34:14 3t.; נִצְּרָה‎ 141:3 (dagesh forte dirimens Ges^{§ 20}, 2 b); suffix נִצְּרֶ֑ה‎ Proverbs 4:13; Infinitive absolute נָצוֺר‎ Nahum 2:2; construct נְצֹר‎ Proverbs 2:8; Participle נוֺצֵר‎ 28:7; נֹצֵר‎ Exodus 34:7 7t.; suffix נֹצְרָהּ‎ Isaiah 27:3; plural נוֺצְרִים‎ 2 Kings 17:9; 18:8, etc.; passive נָצוּר‎ Ezekiel 6:12; plural נְצוּרִים‎ Isaiah 65:4 (ᵐ5‎ ἐν τοις σπηλαίοις, בַּמְּערוֺת‎); construct נְצוּרֵי‎ (Kt נְצִירֵי‎ only here) 49:6; feminine נְצוּרָה‎ 1:8 (Di reads נְצוֺרָה‎ Niph`al Participle √ צוּר‎); construct נְצֻרַת‎ Proverbs 7:10; plural נְצֻרוֺת‎ Isaiah 48:6 (Che reads בְּצֻרוֺת‎).

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

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

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

4 Guard, keep secret, dubious: נְצֻרוֺת‎ secret things Isaiah 48:6; נְצוּרִים‎ secret places 65:4 (see forms above); לֵב נְצֻרַת‎ secret, wily minded Proverbs 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) Ezekiel 6:12; נְצוּרָה עִיר‎ blockaded city Isaiah 1:8 (see form above); נֹצְרִים‎ blockaders Jeremiah 4:16 (but ᵐ5‎ συστροφαι = צררים‎ i.e. foes).

נְצוּרִים‎ see I נצר‎

Qal Passive participle