צבר

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
צ־ב־ר (ṣ-b-r)

Borrowed from Arabic صَبَّار (ṣabbār).

Noun

צַבָּר • (tsabár) m (plural indefinite צַבָּרִים, feminine counterpart צַבָּרִית)

  1. prickly pear cactus
  2. (colloquial) Sabra (native Israeli)
Synonyms

Etymology 2
Root
צ־ב־ר (ṣ-b-r)

Verb

צָבַר • (tsavár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. (transitive) to store
    • Tanach, Genesis 41:35, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
      וְיִצְבְּרוּ־בָר תַּחַת יַד־פַּרְעֹה
      v'yitsb'ru-vár táchat yad-par'ó
      and let them store the grain under Pharaoh’s control
Conjugation
Conjugation of צָבַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לצבור / לִצְבֹּר
  • action noun: צְבִירָה
  • passive participle: צָבוּר
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first צָבַרְתִּיצָבַרְנוּ
second צָבַרְתָּצָבַרְתְּצְבַרְתֶּם1צְבַרְתֶּן1
third צָבַרצָבְרָהצָבְרוּ
present צוֹבֵרצוֹבֶרֶתצוֹבְרִיםצוֹבְרוֹת
future first אצבור / אֶצְבֹּרנצבור / נִצְבֹּר
second תצבור / תִּצְבֹּרתִּצְבְּרִיתִּצְבְּרוּתצבורנה / תִּצְבֹּרְנָה2
third יצבור / יִצְבֹּרתצבור / תִּצְבֹּריִצְבְּרוּתצבורנה / תִּצְבֹּרְנָה2
imperative צבור / צְבֹרצִבְרִיצִבְרוּצבורנה / צְבֹרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced צָבַרְתֶּם and צָבַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References
  • “צבר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading
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