Lexical Summary natsar: to watch, guard, keep Original Word: נָצַרTransliteration: natsar Phonetic Spelling: (naw-tsar') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to watch, guard, keep Meaning: to watch, guard, keep Strong's Concordance besieged, hidden thing, keeper monument, observe, preserver,A primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) Or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) -- besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man). Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 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 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 DeJob (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 |