1 Samuel 20:38:91 Sam.20.38.W9TAB

נַ֔עַר

naar

young man or boy

Transliteration
NA-ar
Extended
NAA-ahr
IPA
/ˈna.ʕar/

Meaning by language

English
young man or boy

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נַ֔ + עַר
na + ar
naar

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    NA-ar

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-ta-a-MOD va-ye-lak-KET NA-ar

  3. clause

    al-ta-a-MOD va-ye-lak-KET NA-ar ye-ho-NA-tan et-ha-khi-TSIM va-ya-VO el-a-do-NAV

  4. sentence

    va-yik-RA ye-ho-NA-tan a-kha-REI ha-NA-ar me-he-RA KHU-sha al-ta-a-MOD va-ye-lak-KET NA-ar ye-ho-NA-tan et-ha-khi-TSIM va-ya-VO el-a-do-NAV

Exegesis

The construct lan-naar {לַנַּעַר | la-nnaʿār} merges preposition and noun via assimilation to mark the indirect object.

Root and etymology

n-ʿ-rnun–ayin–resh

young man, attendant

In context1 Samuel 20:38

And Jonathan called the lad and said, “Hurry! Run! Do not stop.” Then the lad took the arrows and returned to his master.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 20:38:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 20:38, 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.20.38.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.38.W9.S1) and character.