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Aramaic
Verb
נטר • (transliteration needed)
- to guard, to protect, to keep
- to wait, to observe
Hebrew
Etymology
Cognate with Arabic نَطَرَ (naṭara) and Aramaic נטר.
Verb
נָטַר • (natár) (pa'al construction, future יִטּוֹר or יִנְטֹר, passive counterpart נוטר / נֻטַּר)
- (Biblical Hebrew) to guard (chiefly vineyards)
Tanach, 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!
Tanach, 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.
- to cherish anger, to bear a grudge
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