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title: אָצַר — lay up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָצַר (686), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: lay up. BDB 1906: vb. lay up, store up be stored up. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָצַר

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«אָצַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lay up** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 686 · **BDB:** אָצַר

### Glosses

they.have.stored.up (2); I (1); it.will.be.stored.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lay up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/686/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. lay up, store up be stored up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/686/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lay up, store up (Mish. id., Aramaic אֲצַר, ܐܶܨܰܪ, Arabic أَصَرَ confine, restrict)— Pf. 3 pl. אָֽצְרוּ 2 K 20:17 Is 39:6; Pt. הָאֹצְרִים Am 3:10;—store up treasure 2 K 20:17 = Is 39:6; obj. חָמָס וָשֹׁד Am 3:10, i.e. treasure gained by violence and robbery. Impf. יֵאָצֵר be stored up, of the merchandise of Tyre Is 23:18. Impf. וָאוֹצְרָה (cf. Köi 391) (denom. from אוֹצָר) Ne 13:13 and I appointed treasurer, sq. acc. pers. + עַל־אוֹצָרוֹת.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «אָצַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/686/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.3.10/)

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וְלֹֽא־יָדְע֥וּ עֲשׂוֹת־נְכֹחָ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה הָאֽוֹצְרִ֛ים חָמָ֥ס וָשֹׁ֖ד בְּאַרְמְנֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and not they.know to.do straightforwardness the.utterance of.Yahweh \[those who\].store.up violence and devastation in fortresses their

*JPS 1917:* For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

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[Isaiah 39:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.39.6/)

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הִנֵּה֮ יָמִ֣ים בָּאִים֒ וְנִשָּׂ֣א ׀ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּבֵיתֶ֗ךָ וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר אָצְר֧וּ אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה בָּבֶ֑ל לֹֽא־יִוָּתֵ֥ר דָּבָ֖ר אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* here! days \[are\].coming and it.will.be.carried.off all that \[is\].in house your and that they.have.stored.up ancestors your until the day (the) this Babylon not it.will.be.left anything he.says Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

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