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title: נָטַר — keep · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָטַר (5201), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: keep. BDB 1906: vb. keep. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָטַר

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«נָטַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **keep** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 5201 · **BDB:** נָטַר

### Glosses

I.have.kept (1); I.will.keep (1); \[one.who\].keeps (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

keep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5201/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. keep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5201/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. keep (less common ‖ of נָצַר) (NH id.; 𝔗 נְטַר, Syriac ܢܛܰܪ id.; Nab. in n.pr. Lzb323 (cf. also infr.), Arabic نَطَرَ id. (obj. garden, etc.));— Pf. 1 s. נָטָ֑רְתִּי Ct 1:6; Impf. 3 ms. יִטּוֹר ψ 103:9, יִנְטוֹר Je 3:5; read וַיִּטֹּר also Am 1:11 (for MT יִטְרֹף) Ol ψ 103:9 We Now GASm Dr; 2 ms. תִּטֹּר Lv 19:18; 1 s. אֶטּוֹר Je 3:12; Pt. act. נוֹטֵר Na 1:2; f. נֹטֵרָה Ct 1:6; mpl. נֹטְרִים Ct 8:11, 12;— keep, maintain (sc. wrath), of י׳, Je 3:5, 12 Na 1:2 (c. לְ for), ψ 103:9; of Edom Am 1:11 (reading וַיִּטֹּר לָעַד אַפּוֹ and he kept his anger perpetually, v. supr.), Lv 19:18 (c. את with). keep, guard a vineyard Ct 1:6(×2) (in fig.), abs. 8:11, obj. פִּרְיוֹ v 12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָטַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5201/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 103:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.103.9/)

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לֹֽא־לָנֶ֥צַח יָרִ֑יב וְלֹ֖א לְעוֹלָ֣ם יִטּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* not to perpetuity he.will.conduct.a.case and not forever of.perpetuity he.will.keep

*JPS 1917:* He will not always contend; neither will He keep His anger for ever.

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[Jeremiah 3:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.3.5/)

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הֲיִנְטֹ֣ר לְעוֹלָ֔ם אִם־יִשְׁמֹ֖ר לָנֶ֑צַח הִנֵּ֥ה דִבַּ֛רְתְּוַתַּעֲשִׂ֥י הָרָע֖וֹת וַתּוּכָֽל׃פ

*Word for word:* will he.keep? forever of.perpetuity or? will.he.keep to perpetuity here! you.spoke and you.did (the).wicked things and you.were.able

*JPS 1917:* Will He bear grudge for ever? Will He keep it to the end?' Behold, thou hast spoken, but hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.

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