נצר

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
נ־צ־ר (n-ṣ-r)

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) scion(s)

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) third-singular masculine past (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 נָצַרְתִּינָצַרְנוּ
second נָצַרְתָּנָצַרְתְּנְצַרְתֶּם1נְצַרְתֶּן1
third נָצַרנָצְרָהנָצְרוּ
present נוֹצֵרנוֹצֶרֶתנוֹצְרִיםנוֹצְרוֹת
future first אנצור / אֶנְצֹרננצור / נִנְצֹר
second תנצור / תִּנְצֹרתִּנְצְרִיתִּנְצְרוּתנצורנה / תִּנְצֹרְנָה2
third ינצור / יִנְצֹרתנצור / תִּנְצֹריִנְצְרוּתנצורנה / תִּנְצֹרְנָה2
imperative נצור / נְצֹרנִצְרִינִצְרוּנצורנה / נְצֹרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced נָצַרְתֶּם and נָצַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

נִצֵּר • (nitsér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ניצר
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