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אָצַר ʼâtsar — to store up

pronounced aw-tsar' · Strong's H686 · 5 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 3 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Hiph'il, Niph'al

Translated in the KJV as store, treasure.

a primitive root; to store up.

ʼâtsar in each stem

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (active) 1

אָצְר֧וּ 2Kgs 20:17 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. (KJV)

אָצְר֧וּ Isa 39:6 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. (KJV)

הָאֽוֹצְרִ֛ים Amos 3:10 Participle (active), masculine plural

For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. (KJV)

Hiph'il

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 1

וָאוֹצְרָ֣ה Neh 13:13 Wayyiqtol, 1st person common singular

And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. (KJV)

Niph'al

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יֵֽאָצֵ֖ר Isa 23:18 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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