עצר

Aramaic

Verb

עצר • (transliteration needed)

  1. to trample
  2. to squeeze, to press

Hebrew

Root
ע־צ־ר‎

Verb

עָצַר • (atsár) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶעֱצַר‎)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) To stop, to stop moving, to halt, to stop the motion of. (See usage note below.)
    • לי בירן, תני לי אויר
      תני לו אויר וכל העולם יעצור כי את איתי, טמונה בליבי
  2. To arrest.

Usage notes

  • Hebrew has two words corresponding to English stop: עצר and הִפְסִיק‎ (hifsík). The former pertains to motion; more explicitly, it means "(intransitive) To halt, to stop moving" or "(transitive) To halt, to stop the motion of". The latter pertains to other actions or events; more explicitly, it means "(transitive) To cease, to desist, to terminate."

Conjugation

Conjugation of עָצַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לעצור \ לַעֲצֹר‎
  • action noun: עֲצִירָה‎
  • passive participle: עָצוּר‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first עָצַרְתִּי‎עָצַרְנוּ‎
second עָצַרְתָּ‎עָצַרְתְּ‎עֲצַרְתֶּם‎1עֲצַרְתֶּן‎1
third עָצַרעָצְרָה‎עָצְרוּ‎
present עוֹצֵר‎עוֹצֶרֶת‎עוֹצְרִים‎עוֹצְרוֹת‎
future first אעצור \ אֶעֱצֹר‎נעצור \ נַעֲצֹר‎
second תעצור \ תַּעֲצֹר‎תַּעַצְרִי‎תַּעַצְרוּ‎תעצורנה \ תַּעֲצֹרְנָה‎2
third יעצור \ יַעֲצֹר‎תעצור \ תַּעֲצֹר‎יַעַצְרוּ‎תעצורנה \ תַּעֲצֹרְנָה‎2
imperative עצור \ עֲצֹר‎עִצְרִי‎עִצְרוּ‎עצורנה \ עֲצֹרְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced עָצַרְתֶּם‎ and עָצַרְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.
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