1 Kings 20:19:41 Kgs.20.19.W4TAB
נַעֲרֵ֖י
naare
“the young men of”
- Transliteration
- na-a-RE
- Extended
- nah-ah-REE
- IPA
- /na.ʕăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the young men of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
na-a-RE
- clause
ve-E-leh ya-tse-U min-ha-IIR na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT
- sentence
ve-E-leh ya-tse-U min-ha-IIR na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ve-ha-kha-YIL a-SHER a-kha-re-HEM
Exegesis
The compound subject na’arei {נַעֲרֵי | na‘ă-rê} + sarei {שָׂרֵי | śārê} + ha-medinot {הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת | ham-mə-dī-nōt} uses two construct chains to denote hierarchical subordination (“young men of the chiefs of the provinces”).
Root and etymology
n-ʿ-rnun–ayin–resh
“youth, servant”
In context — 1 Kings 20:19
And these went out from the city—the young men of the chiefs of the provinces and the army that followed them.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:19, so the Hebrew word נַעֲרֵ֖י (naare) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.20.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.19.W4.S1) and character.