Lexical Summary naar: a shaking, scattering Original Word: נַעַרTransliteration: naar Phonetic Spelling: (nah'-ar) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a shaking, scattering Meaning: a shaking, scattering Strong's Concordance young one From na'ar in its derivative sense of tossing about; a wanderer -- young one. see HEBREW na'ar Brown-Driver-Briggs H5289. naar II. נַ֫עַר239 noun masculine 1 boy, lad, youth. 2 retainer (not in P) (Late Hebrew as Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician נער Lzb324); — ׳נ absolute Genesis 37:2 +; construct 1 Samuel 2:13 +; suffix נַעֲרוֺ Judges 19:3 +, נַעֲרָהּ 2 Kings 4:24; plural נְעָרִים 1 Samuel 25:5 +, construct נַעֲרֵי Exodus 24:5 +; suffix נְעָרַי Nehemiah 4:10; 5:10, etc.; — 1 boy, lad, youth (c. 133 t.) a. of infant Exodus 2:6 (E; 3 months old), to be born Judges 13:5, 7, 8, 12, just born 1 Samuel 4:21, not weaned 1:22; also Isaiah 8:4, compare 7:16 +. b. of lad just weaned 1 Samuel 1:24 (strike out 2nd נער, compare further Dr Bu HPS), 1:25; 1:27, etc. c. = youth: of young Ishmael Genesis 21:12f. (E), Isaac 22:5, 12 (E), Joseph 37:2 (E; 17 years old), Benjamin 43:8; 44:22 f. (J), sons of Samuel 1 Samuel 2:17, of Jesse 16:11; ׳נ קָטֹן little lad 20:35; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 5:14; Isaiah 11:6, ׳נ קָטָן 1 Kings 11:17, plural 2 Kings 2:23. d. ׳נ with special stress on youthfulness Judges 8:20; 1 Samuel 17:33, 42; Hosea 11:1; Isaiah 3:4 compare Ecclesiastes 10:16; Isaiah 3:5; 10:19; Jeremiah 1:6-7, 1 Chronicles 22:5; 29:1; 2 Chronicles 13:7; 34:3; so in phrase ׳מִנּ זָקֵן וְעַד Genesis 19:4 (J), Joshua 6:21 (J), Esther 3:13 compare Exodus 10:9 (E), Deuteronomy 28:50; Isaiah 20:4; 65:20; Jeremiah 51:22; Lamentations 2:21; Psalm 37:25; 148:12; Proverbs 22:6. e. of marriageable age Genesis 34:19 (J), warrior Absalom 2 Samuel 18:5, 12 +, Zadok 1 Chronicles 12:28, etc. 2 servant, retainer (c. 105 t): a. = personal attendant, household servant, Numbers 22:22 (J), Judges 7:10; 7:11; 19:3; 1 Samuel 9:3f.; 2 Kings 4:12; 4:25 +? b. = retainer, follower Genesis 14:24; 1 Samuel 25:5f.; 2 Samuel 2:14f.; 1 Kings 20:14f.; 2 Kings 19:6 = Isaiah 37:6; Job 1:15-16, 17; Nehemiah 4:10; 4:17 +? Zechariah 11:16 is corrupt, compare We Now. — Note. נער occurs in Pentateuch as Kt with Qr perpet. נַעֲרָה q. v. |
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