צבר

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
צ־ב־ר‎ (ṣ-b-r)

Compare 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) (pa'al construction)

  1. (transitive) to store
    • 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

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

Further reading
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