2 Samuel 17:18:32 Sam.17.18.W3TAB
נַ֔עַר
naar
“a young man”
- Transliteration
- NA-ar
- Extended
- NAH-ar
- IPA
- /ˈnaʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- a young man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
NA-ar
- clause
va-YAR-e o-TAM NA-ar va-yag-GED le-av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-YAR-e o-TAM NA-ar va-yag-GED le-av-sha-LOM va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
Exegesis
The pronoun ōṯām {אֹתָם | ō-ṯām} identifies ‘them,’ while the noun naʿār {נַעַר | na-ʿār} introduces the observer.
Root and etymology
n-ʿ-rnun–ayin–resh
“youth, servant”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:18
A young man saw them and told Absalom. Then the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim; he had a well in his courtyard , and they went down there.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 17:18, 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 2 Sam.17.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.18.W3.S1) and character.