נטר

נטר

Aramaic

Verb

נטר • (transliteration needed)

1. to guard, to protect, to keep
2. to wait, to observe

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ט־ר‎ (n-ṭ-r)

Cognate with Arabic نَطَرَ‎ (naṭara) and Aramaic נטר‎.

Verb

נָטַר • (natár) (pa'al construction, future יִטּוֹר‎ or יִנְטֹר‎, passive counterpart נוטר \\ נֻטַּר‎)

1. (Biblical Hebrew) to guard (chiefly vineyards)
   • Song of Songs 1:6, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     ‏ […] בְּנֵי אִמִּי נִֽחֲרוּ־בִי שָׂמֻנִי נֹטֵרָה אֶת־הַכְּרָמִים כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּי לֹא נָטָֽרְתִּי׃‎‎

     My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!

   • Song of Songs 8:11, with translation of the New International Version:

     ‏כֶּרֶם הָיָה לִשְׁלֹמֹה בְּבַעַל הָמֹון נָתַן אֶת־הַכֶּרֶם לַנֹּטְרִים אִישׁ יָבִא בְּפִרְיֹו אֶלֶף כָּֽסֶף׃‎‎

     Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.

2. to cherish anger, to bear a grudge

References

• H5201 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible