נצר

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נצר¹

  • /ˈnet͡ser/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Compare Classical Syriac ܢܵܨܲܪܬܿܵܐ (nāṣartā).

noun נֵצֶר · nétser · נְצָרִים · נֵצֶר־ · נִצְרֵי־

  1. stem, shoot
  2. collective, in plural, literary, often scion (descendant)

    Similar: צֶאֱצָא

נצר²

  • /ˈnet͡ser/ Modern Israeli

noun נֵצֶר · nétser · נְצָרִים · נֵצֶר־ · נִצְרֵי־

  1. archaic cricket (insect) ר׳ יוסי אומר ושמו חגב ולא כנצרין שיש בהן סימנין הללו

    Similar: צְרָצַר

נצר³

  • /naˈt͡saʁ/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

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 · לנצור · לִנְצֹר · נְצִירָה · נָצוּר

  1. construction pa'al, literary to guard, save
  2. construction pa'al to lock
  3. construction pa'al to keep, maintain

נצר⁴

verb נִצֵּר · nitsér

  1. construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of ניצר

In English

  • shoot emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant
  • scion descendant

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {נצר},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A0%D7%A6%D7%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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