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title: נֵצֶר — sprout · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֵצֶר (5342), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: sprout. BDB 1906: n.m. sprout, shoot. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֵצֶר

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«נֵצֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sprout** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5342 · **BDB:** נֵ֫צֶר

### Glosses

a.shoot (2); \[they.are\].the.shoot (1); of.(the).shoot\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sprout [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5342/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sprout, shoot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5342/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. sprout, shoot, in fig. uses:—נ׳ abs. Is 11:1; 14:19; (sim.); cstr. 60:21 (נ׳ מַטָּעַי), Dn 11:7 (מִנּ׳ שָׁרָשֶׁיהָ; but 𝔊 Bev ‘poss.’ נ׳ מִשָּׁרָשֶׁיהָ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֵצֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5342/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.11.1/)

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וְיָצָ֥א חֹ֖טֶר מִגֵּ֣זַע יִשָׁ֑י וְנֵ֖צֶר מִשָּׁרָשָׁ֥יו יִפְרֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.go.forth a.branch from the.rootstock of.Jesse and a.shoot from roots his it.will.bear.fruit

*JPS 1917:* And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a twig shall grow forth out of his roots.

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[Isaiah 60:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.60.21/)

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וְעַמֵּךְ֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם צַדִּיקִ֔ים לְעוֹלָ֖ם יִ֣ירְשׁוּ אָ֑רֶץ נֵ֧צֶר מַטָּעַ֛י מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֖י לְהִתְפָּאֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* and people your of.them all \[will.be\].righteous forever of.perpetuity they.will.possess \[the\].land \[they.are\].the.shoot my.planting(s) my the.work my.hands my to glorify.myself

*JPS 1917:* Thy people also shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the land for ever; the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, wherein I glory.

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