branch
ne.tser denotes a branch-like offshoot, used of roots, planting, and a line of descent.
The occurrences use the noun for a branch-like offshoot connected with roots or planting, while Daniel 11:7 applies the same imagery to someone standing from a woman's roots or line.
Senses in use
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Offshoot from roots or planting · dominant
In Isaiah 11:1, the absolute form occurs in a clause about something from Jesse's roots that bears fruit; the APB renders the verse with “a branch from his roots.” Isaiah 60:21 has the construct form in the phrase the APB renders “the branch of my planting,” and Isaiah 14:19 uses the absolute form in its comparison of the rejected figure with “an abhorred branch.”
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Line arising from roots · occasional
In Daniel 11:7, the construct form occurs in the clause about one who will stand in her place and act against the king of the north; the APB renders this person as “one from the line of her roots.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the imagery as “a branch from his roots,” “an abhorred branch,” and “the branch of my planting,” while Daniel 11:7 has “the line of her roots.” These phrases show the verses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.