נצר

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
נ־צ־ר (n-ts-r)
4 terms

Compare Classical Syriac ܢܵܨܲܪܬܿܵܐ (nāṣartā).

Noun

נֵצֶר • (nétser) m (plural indefinite נְצָרִים, singular construct נֵצֶר־, plural construct נִצְרֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. stem, shoot
  2. (literary, collectively, often in the plural) scion (descendant)

References

Etymology 2

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Noun

נֵצֶר • (nétser) m (plural indefinite נְצָרִים, singular construct נֵצֶר־, plural construct נִצְרֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. cricket (insect)
    • Tosefta, Chullin 3:9
      ר׳ יוסי אומר ושמו חגב ולא כנצרין שיש בהן סימנין הללו
      r' yoséi omér ush'mó khagáv v'ló kin'tsarín sheyésh bahén simanáv halálu
      R. Yosei says, And it is called a grasshopper if it is not like crickets that have these signs.

Etymology 3

Compare Aramaic נְטַר (nəṭar, “to watch, guard”), Classical Syriac ܢܛܲܪ (nəṭar, “to watch”), Arabic نَظَرَ (naẓara, literally “to watch”), Akkadian 𒈾𒍝𒊒 (/⁠naṣāru[m]⁠/, “to watch over, protect”).

Verb

נָצַר • (natsár) (pa'al construction)

  1. (literary) to guard, save
  2. (weaponry) to lock
  3. to keep, maintain
Conjugation
Conjugation of נָצַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לנצור / לִנְצֹר
action noun נְצִירָה
passive participle נָצוּר
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first נָצַרְתִּי נָצַרְנוּ
second נָצַרְתָּ נָצַרְתְּ נְצַרְתֶּם1 נְצַרְתֶּן1
third נָצַר נָצְרָה נָצְרוּ
present נוֹצֵר נוֹצֶרֶת נוֹצְרִים נוֹצְרוֹת
future first אנצור / אֶנְצֹר ננצור / נִנְצֹר
second תנצור / תִּנְצֹר תִּנְצְרִי תִּנְצְרוּ תנצורנה / תִּנְצֹרְנָה2
third ינצור / יִנְצֹר תנצור / תִּנְצֹר יִנְצְרוּ תנצורנה / תִּנְצֹרְנָה2
imperative נצור / נְצֹר נִצְרִי נִצְרוּ נצורנה / נְצֹרְנָה2

1 Pronounced נָצַרְתֶּם and נָצַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 4

Verb

נִצֵּר • (nitsér) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ניצר
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