1 Samuel 17:42:71 Sam.17.42.W7TAB
נַ֔עַר
naar
“a youth”
- Transliteration
- NA-ar
- Extended
- NAH-ahr
- IPA
- /ˈna.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- a youth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
NA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
KI-ha-YA NA-ar
- clause
KI-ha-YA NA-ar ve-ad-mo-NI im-ye-FE mar-E
- sentence
va-yab-BET ha-pe-lish-TI va-yir-E et-da-VID va-yiv-ZE-hu KI-ha-YA NA-ar ve-ad-mo-NI im-ye-FE mar-E
Exegesis
A causal clause led by ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} ‘for’ links to hayah {הָיָ֣ה | hāyâ} ‘he was’ with na'ar {נַ֔עַר | naʿār} ‘youth’ as complement.
Root and etymology
Rootnun-ayin-resh
“youth”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:42
The Philistine looked and saw David and despised him, for David was a youth , ruddy, and pleasing in appearance .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:42:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 17:42, so the Hebrew word נַ֔עַר (naar) 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 Sam.17.42.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.42.W7.S1) and character.