אצר

Aramaic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew אָצַר and Arabic أَصَرَ (ʔaṣara, to confine, to shut up, to restrain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔăˈsˤar/

Verb

אֲצַר • (ʾăṣar)

  1. to store, to stockpile

Descendants

  • Classical Syriac: ܐܨܪ

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus, A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (1903) (link)

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־צ־ר (ʾ-ts-r)
2 terms

Cognate with Aramaic אֲצַר and Arabic أَصَرَ (ʔaṣara, to confine, to shut up, to restrain).

Compare Hebrew אָסַר (asár, to bind, to tie).

Pronunciation

Verb

אָצַר • (atsár) (pa'al construction, future יֶאֱצֹר)

  1. to store, to stockpile, to hoard
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Conjugation

Conjugation of אָצַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לאצור / לֶאֱצֹר
action noun אֲצִירָה
passive participle אָצוּר
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first אָצַרְתִּי אָצַרְנוּ
second אָצַרְתָּ אָצַרְתְּ אֲצַרְתֶּם1 אֲצַרְתֶּן1
third אָצַר אָצְרָה אָצְרוּ
present אוֹצֵר אוֹצֶרֶת אוֹצְרִים אוֹצְרוֹת
future first אאצור / אֶאֱצֹר נאצור / נֶאֱצֹר
second תאצור / תֶּאֱצֹר תֶּאֶצְרִי תֶּאֶצְרוּ תאצורנה / תֶּאֱצֹרְנָה2
third יאצור / יֶאֱצֹר תאצור / תֶּאֱצֹר יֶאֶצְרוּ תאצורנה / תֶּאֱצֹרְנָה2
imperative positive אצור / אֱצֹר אִצְרִי אִצְרוּ אצורנה / אֱצֹרְנָה2
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Pronounced אָצַרְתֶּם and אָצַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

  • אצר”, in Milog (in Hebrew)
  • Klein, Ernest (1987), “אצר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 50
  • Jastrow, Marcus, A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (1903) (link)