Original Language Studio
Exodus 34:7
“Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5341 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
- Grammar
- נֹצֵ֥ר — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 63 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 32:10Deuteronomy 33:92 Kings 17:92 Kings 18:8Job 7:20
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָצַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.