נְטַר nᵉṭar — to retain
Translated in the KJV as keep.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H5201; to retain.
nᵉṭar in each stem
Pe'al
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
נִטְרֵֽת Dan 7:28 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular
Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›