נַעַר
naʻar · H5289 · Hebrew · 0 occurrences
Meanings
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boy, lad, youth, young man, attendant or servant
A young male ranging from childhood to adulthood, often in the service of others, typically regarded as strong but lacking the experience and wisdom of older men
This lexeme does not occur in the Old Testament text as tagged in standard critical editions.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- People001001003
- This rare form shares the same lemma and domain assignments as the common noun for a boy or youth, tying it to a person in this life stage though not attested by any surviving citation.
- Classes001001003001
- This rare form shares its root with the more common noun's classification of persons by age or dependent rank, an association not directly attested by any surviving citation for this exact form.
- Animals001001002
- This rare form shares its root with the more common noun's rare extended sense for a young animal, an association not directly attested by any surviving citation for this exact form.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5289. naar II. נַ֫עַר239 noun masculine 1 boy, lad, youth. 2 retainer (not in P) (Late…
II. נַ֫עַר239 noun masculine
1 boy, lad, youth.
2 retainer (not in P) (Late Hebrew as Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician נער Lzb324); — ׳נ absolute Gen 37:2 +; construct 1Sa 2:13 +; suffix נַעֲרוֺ Jdg 19:3 +, נַעֲרָהּ 2Ki 4:24; plural נְעָרִים 1Sa 25:5 +, construct נַעֲרֵי Exo 24:5 +; suffix נְעָרַי Neh 4:10; Neh 5:10, etc.; —
1 boy, lad, youth (c. 133 t.)
a. of infant Exo 2:6 (E; 3 months old), to be born Jdg 13:5, Jdg 13:7, Jdg 13:8, Jdg 13:12, just born 1Sa 4:21, not weaned 1Sa 1:22; also Isa 8:4, compare Isa 7:16 +.
b. of lad just weaned 1Sa 1:24 (strike out 2nd נער, compare further Dr Bu HPS), 1Sa 1:25; 1Sa 1:27, etc.
c. = youth: of young Ishmael Gen 21:12f. (E), Isaac Gen 22:5, Gen 22:12 (E), Joseph Gen 37:2 (E; 17 years old), Benjamin Gen 43:8; Gen 44:22 f. (J), sons of Samuel 1Sa 2:17, of Jesse 1Sa 16:11; ׳נ קָטֹן little lad 1Sa 20:35; 1Ki 3:7; 2Ki 5:14; Isa 11:6, ׳נ קָטָן 1Ki 11:17, plural 2Ki 2:23.
d. ׳נ with special stress on youthfulness Jdg 8:20; 1Sa 17:33, 1Sa 17:42; Hos 11:1; Isa 3:4 compare Ecc 10:16; Isa 3:5; Isa 10:19; Jer 1:6-7, 1Ch 22:5; 1Ch 29:1; 2Ch 13:7; 2Ch 34:3; so in phrase ׳מִנּ זָקֵן וְעַד Gen 19:4 (J), Jos 6:21 (J), Est 3:13 compare Exo 10:9 (E), Deu 28:50; Isa 20:4; Isa 65:20; Jer 51:22; Lam 2:21; Psa 37:25; Psa 148:12; Pro 22:6.
e. of marriageable age Gen 34:19 (J), warrior Absalom 2Sa 18:5, 2Sa 18:12 +, Zadok 1Ch 12:28, etc.
2 servant, retainer (c. 105 t):
a. = personal attendant, household servant, Num 22:22 (J), Jdg 7:10; Jdg 7:11; Jdg 19:3; 1Sa 9:3f.; 2Ki 4:12; 2Ki 4:25 +?
b. = retainer, follower Gen 14:24; 1Sa 25:5f.; 2Sa 2:14f.; 1Ki 20:14f.; 2Ki 19:6 = Isa 37:6; Job 1:15-16, Job 1:17; Neh 4:10; Neh 4:17 +? Zec 11:16 is corrupt, compare We Now. —
Note. נער occurs in Pentateuch as Kt with Qr perpet. נַעֲרָה q. v.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0