1 Samuel 20:35:81 Sam.20.35.W8TAB
וְנַ֥עַר
venaar
“and a boy”
- Transliteration
- ve-NA-ar
- Extended
- veh-NAH-ahr
- IPA
- /wəˈna.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a boy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-NA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
ve-NA-ar ka-TON
- clause
ve-NA-ar ka-TON IM-mo
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker va-ye-TSE ye-ho-na-TAN ha-sa-DE le-mo-ED da-VID ve-NA-ar ka-TON IM-mo
Exegesis
Finally the attributive construct na’ar katon {נַעַר קָטֹן | nā·ʿar qā·ṭōn} ‘small boy’ places the adjective after the noun, which in English is rendered as ‘a boy was with him’ (formal) or ‘brought along a little boy’ (dynamic).
Root and etymology
n-ʿ-rnun–ayin–resh
“boy, youth”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:35
And Jonathan went out early in the morning to the field to meet David, and a boy was with him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 20:35, so the Hebrew word וְנַ֥עַר (venaar) 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.20.35.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.35.W8.S1) and character.