- נָצַר
- נָצַר(b. h.; cmp. צרר, אצר) to preserve, guard. B. Bath.91b (play on היוצרים, 1 Chr. 4:23) שנָצְרוּ שבועותוכ׳ who guarded their fathers oath (of abstinence). Ber.17a נְצֹור תורתיוכ׳ keep my law in thy heart. Ib. נצור לשוני מרע guard my tongue from evil. Tanḥ. Bmidbar 13 עד היכן נְצָרָן up to what degree did He guard them?; Num. R. s. 2. Midr. Till. to Ps. 140 רצונך שאֶצָּרְךָ נצורוכ׳ if it is thy desire that I guard thee, guard thou my law; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.