1 Samuel 20:39:11 Sam.20.39.W1TAB
וְהַנַּ֖עַר
vehanaar
“and the boy”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-NA-ar
- Extended
- veh-hah-NAH-ar
- IPA
- /vəhannaˈʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the boy
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ve-ha-NA-ar
- clause
ve-ha-NA-ar lo-YA-da me-u-MA
- sentence
ve-ha-NA-ar lo-YA-da me-u-MA AT ye-ho-NA-tan ve-da-VID ya-de-U et-ha-da-VAR
Exegesis
The clause opens with ve-han-naʿar {וְהַנַּעַר | və-han-NAʿar} ‘and the youth’, a waw-consecutive nominal construction linking to the preceding narrative.
Root and etymology
נ־ע־ר
“youth, lad”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:39
But the youth knew nothing ; only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:39, so the Hebrew word וְהַנַּ֖עַר (vehanaar) 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.20.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.39.W1.S1) and character.