נצר

Hebrew

Etymology 1

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)

Etymology 2

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 [Term?] (/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
notes
  1. Pronounced נָצַרְתֶּם‎ and נָצַרְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 4

Verb

נִצֵּר • (nitsér) (pi'el construction)

  1. Defective spelling of ניצר‎
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