נָצַר

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