נָצַר

vb. watch, guard, keep (NH id., observe; Assyrian naṣâru, watch over, protect; Old Aramaic נצר protect Lzb 325 Cook 83; Palm. in n.pr. Vog 150, 4 Cook 124; Aramaic נְטַר, ܢܛܰܪ (cf. Wetzst in De Job (2) on 27:18); Arabic نَظَرَ look at, consider, examine (نَاطُورٌ, overseer is Aramaic loan-word Frä 138); Sab. להנצרהמו to aid them Hal Rev. Sém. iv (1896), 71; Ethiopic ነጸረ spectare, intueri, etc., Di701;—cf. also נטר);— Pf. 3 fs. sf. נְצָרָ֫תַם ψ 119:129; 1 s. נָצָ֑רְתִּי ψ 119:22, 56, 100; 3 mpl. נָֽצְרוּ Pr 22:12; Impf. יִצֹּר Pr 3:1; sf. יִצְּרֶ֫נְהוּ (Ges§ 58, 4 R.) Dt 32:10; m. sf. תִּנְצְרֶ֑כָּה Pr 2:11 (Ges§ 58, 4 R.); 1 s. אֶצֹּר ψ 119:69; אֶצְּרָה ψ 119:34, 115; אֶצֹּ֑רָה ψ 119:145; sf. אֶצָּרְךָ Is 42:6; 49:8 (Ges Bö Ew al. from יצר); אֶצֳּרֶ֑נָּה Is 27:3; 3 mpl. יִצְּרוּ Pr 20:28; יִנְצֹ֑רוּ Dt 33:9 (on forms v. Ges§ 66, 2, R. 1) + 15 times Impf.; Imv. נְצֹר ψ 34:14 + 3 times; נִצְּרָה ψ 141:3 (d. f. dirim. Ges§ 20, 2 b); sf. נִצְּרֶ֑הָ Pr 4:13; Inf. abs. נָצוֹר Na 2:2; cstr. נְצֹר Pr 2:8; Pt. נוֹצֵר; Pr 28:7; נֹצֵר Ex 34:7 + 7 times; sf. נֹצְרָהּ Is 27:3; pl. נוֹצְרִים 2 K 17:9; 18:8, etc.; pass. נָצוּר Ez 6:12; pl. נְצוּרִים Is 65:4 (𝔊 ἐν τοῖς σπηλαίοις, בַּמְּעָרוֹת); cstr. נְצוּרֵי (Kt נְצִירֵי only here) Is 49:6; f. נְצוּרָה Is 1:8 (Di reads נְצוֹרָה Niph. Pt. √ צוּר); cstr. נְצֻרַת Pr 7:10; pl. נְצֻרוֹת Is 48:6 (Che reads בְּצֻרוֹת). Watch, guard, keep, a vineyard Jb 27:18 (cf. Wetzst in De Job (2)ad loc.), Is 27:3(×2), fig-tree Pr 27:18, fortification Na 2:2; נֹצְרִים watchmen Je 31:6; מִגְדַּל נ׳ tower of watchmen 2 K 17:9; 18:8; in ethical sense of men, guarding the mouth Pr 13:3, the way Pr 16:17, לֵב Pr 4:23; the tongue מֵרַע ψ 34:14; c. על, over the door of the lips ψ 141:3; of God נֹצֵר הָאָדָם Jb 7:20 (thou) watcher of men (iron.). Guard from dangers, preserve, c. acc. subj. God or his attributes Dt 32:10 ψ 25:21; 31:24; 40:12; 61:8; Is 26:3; 42:6; 49:8 Pr 2:8; 20:28; 22:12; נֹצֵר נֶפֶשׁ Pr 24:12; c. acc. and מן from which ψ 12:8; 32:7; 64:2; 140:2, 5. In Wisd. Lit. subj. is abstr.: חכמה Pr 4:6; תבונה Pr 2:11; צדקה Pr 13:6; נְצוּרֵי ישׂראל Is 49:6 preserved of Israel. Guard with fidelity, keep, observe: of י׳, נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לאלפים Ex 34:7 (J); elsewhere of man observing the covenant Dt 33:9 (poem) ψ 25:10, the divine law ψ 78:7; 105:45; 119:2, 22, 33, 34, 56, 69, 100, 115, 129, 145; commands of parents Pr 6:20; 28:7; and discipline of Wisdom Pr 3:1, 21; 4:13; 5:2. Guard, keep secret, dub.: נְצֻרוֹת secret things Is 48:6; נְצוּרִים secret places Is 65:4 (see forms above); נְצֻרַת לֵב secret, wily minded Pr 7:10 (of harlot, so RVm close, i.e. secretive). Kept close, blockaded, dub.: הַנָּצוּר the blockaded (so Ew Hi Co Toy; but Ke Bth Kau preserved; Hi Co Bth Toy del. והנשׁאר) Ez 6:12; עִיר נְצוּרָה blockaded city Is 1:8 (see form above); נֹצְרִים blockaders Je 4:16 (but 𝔊 συστροφαί = צררים i.e. foes).