אֶֽת־נַעֲרוֹ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶֽת־נַעֲרוֹ֙

   et-na-a-RO

   {direct object marker} the young man
2. clause🔊 וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֶֽת־נַעֲרוֹ֙ מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שִׁלְחוּ־נָ֥א אֶת־זֹ֛את מֵעָלַ֖י הַח֑וּצָה

   va-yik-RA et-na-a-RO me-sha-re-TO va-yo-MER shil-khu-NA et-ZOT me-a-LAI ha-KHU-tsa

   and he called {direct object marker} the young man his attendant or servant and he said send out, please {direct object marker} this {feminine} from upon me, from my presence outside
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֶֽת־נַעֲרוֹ֙ מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שִׁלְחוּ־נָ֥א אֶת־זֹ֛את מֵעָלַ֖י הַח֑וּצָה וּנְעֹ֥ל הַדֶּ֖לֶת אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃

   va-yik-RA et-na-a-RO me-sha-re-TO va-yo-MER shil-khu-NA et-ZOT me-a-LAI ha-KHU-tsa u-ne-OL ha-DE-let a-kha-re-HA

   and he called {direct object marker} the young man his attendant or servant and he said send out, please {direct object marker} this {feminine} from upon me, from my presence outside and bolt, and lock the door after her, behind her

Exegesis

The direct object marker ʾet {אֶֽת־ | ʾet} signals the objects but is omitted in English for readability.

The construct chain nāʿārô mēšārtô {נַעֲרוֹ מְשָׁרְתוֹ} ‘his young man, his servant’ emphasizes the attendant’s dual status.

Root and etymology

n-ʿ-r🔊 נ־ע־רnun–ayin–resh

“youth, young man”

• 🔊 נַעֲרָהnā-ʿārâhyoung womanGenesis 24:14