2 Samuel 16:1:72 Sam.16.1.W7TAB

נַ֥עַר

naar

servant

Transliteration
NA-ar
Extended
NAH-ar
IPA
/ˈna.ʕar/

Meaning by language

English
servant

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נַ֥ + 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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    NA-ar

  2. phraseyour reading level

    NA-ar me-fi-VO-shet

  3. clause

    ve-da-VID a-VAR me-AT me-ha-ROSH ve-hin-NE tsi-VA NA-ar me-fi-VO-shet lik-ra-TO

  4. sentence

    ve-da-VID a-VAR me-AT me-ha-ROSH ve-hin-NE tsi-VA NA-ar me-fi-VO-shet lik-ra-TO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM kha-vu-SHIM va-a-le-HEM ma-a-TA-yim LE-khem u-me-A tsi-mu-KIM u-me-A ka-YITS ve-NE-vel YA-yin

Exegesis

In “Ziba naʿar mə-pî-bō-šeṯ liqrāṯō” {צִיבָא נַעַר מְפִי־בֹשֶׁת לִקְרָאתוֹ}, the infinitive construct liqrāṯō expresses purpose “to meet him.” The provision list ve-ṣeḡmed ḥămôrîm ḥăvûšîm va-ʿălê-hem māṯayim lēḥem ū-mēʾā ṣimmūqîm ū-mēʾā qayits ve-neḇel yā-yin maintains Hebrew coordination and numeric emphasis while the English translation reorders to SVO for clarity.

Root and etymology

Rootnun–ayin–resh

boy, servant

In context2 Samuel 16:1

And David passed a little beyond the summit , and behold Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, carrying a pair of saddled donkeys and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred portions of summer fruit, and a skin of wine.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 16:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 16:1, so the Hebrew word נַ֥עַר (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 2 Sam.16.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.1.W7.S1) and character.