BDB6302
עָצַר46 verb restrain, retain (Late Hebrew id.; compare probably Assyrian eƒêru , retain, restrain, DlHWB 122 JägerBAS i. 483 Zehnpfib. 500; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4022] press, Arabic [untranscribed source text 4023]; ᵑ7 עֲצַר Syriac [untranscribed source text 4024] id.);
compare Assyrian
usƒurtu
, taboo SACJA, 1904, 754. —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳
ע
Gen 20:18 +,
suffix עֲצָרַנִי
Gen 16:2 1 singular
יָצַרְתִּי
Dan 10:8; Dan 10:16 etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַעְצֹר
1Sam 9:17 +,
יַעְצָרֿ
2Chr 2:5 suffix
יַעֲצָרְכָה
1Kgs 18:44,
etc.; Infinitive absolute
עָצֹר
Gen 20:18,
construct לַעִצֹר
2Chr 22:9,
וַעְצֹר
Job 4:2 (Ges«GKC:28b»§ 28b); Passive participle
עָצוּר
Jer 33:1 +, etc.;
—
1.
restrain, with accusative of person Gen 16:2 (
J
; + מִן, i.e. prevent), עָצֹר עָצַר
בְּעֵד כָּלרֶֿחֶם
Gen 20:18
(
E
), compare absolute Isa 66:9 (opposed to מוֺלִיד); followed by infinitive 2Kgs 4:24
with accusative of person alone 1Kgs 18:44
hinder, stop; with accusative of sky (hindering rain) Deut 11:17; 2Chr 7:13
passive participle absolute shut up, or hindered (for reasons
not given) Jer
36:5;
Neh 6:10 (? by a vow, or by ceremonial uncleanness, compare RsSem i. 436 f., 2nd ed. 455
f.); = shut up (with ב, in prison) 2Kgs 17:4, passive
participle Jer
33:1;
Jer 39:15, figurative Jer 20:9 on עָצוּר וְעָזוּב (5 t.) see
I.
עזב
; עֲצֻרָה לָנוּ
1Sam 21:6
women have been kept away with reference to us (compare
RSl.c.); עָצוּר
מִפְּנֵי
1Chr 12:1
kept away from before Saul; = detain, with accusative Judg 13:15
; Judg
13:16 in Job with בְּ, בְּמִלִּין
׳
ע
Job 4:2,
compare Job 29:9
, so בַּמַּיִם
Job 12:5
בְּעַמִּי
׳
ע
1Sam 9:17
is rule over, etc. (si vera lectio); insert also (with other words) 1Sam 10:1
ᵐ5
We
Dr and others
2. (late) retain, with accusative כֹּחַ
2Chr 13:20
; 2Chr 22:9
; Dan 10:8
; Dan
10:16; Dan
11:6 + infinitive = be able to
1Chr 29:14
; 2Chr 2:5
omit כֹּחַ
2Chr 14:10
(+ עִמְּךָ), 2Chr 20:37 (+ infinitive).
Niph`al
be restrained, stayed, of plague: Perfect 3 feminine singular נֶעֱצָ֑רָה
Num 17:15
Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֵּעָצַר
2Sam 24:27
= 1Chr
21:22, וַתֵּעָצַר
Num 17:13;
Num 25:8 (
P
) 2Sam
24:25;
Ps 106:30
be shut up (of sky), Infinitive construct
בְּהֵעָצֵר
1Kgs 8:35 =
2Chr 6:26
be under restraint or detention Participle
נֶעְצָר
1Sam 21:8 +
׳
לִפְחנֵי י (? i.e. kept by a vow, compare HPS and Neh 6:10
above).