Deuteronomy 22:16:4Deut.22.16.W4TAB
הַנַּעֲרָ֗ה
hanaarah
“the young woman”
- Transliteration
- ha-na-a-RAH
- Extended
- hah-na-a-RAA
- IPA
- /hanˈnaʕăraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the young woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-na-a-RAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-VI ha-na-AR ha-na-a-RAH
- clause
ve-a-MAR a-VI ha-na-AR ha-na-a-RAH el-haz-ze-ke-NIM et-bi-TI
- sentence
ve-a-MAR a-VI ha-na-AR ha-na-a-RAH el-haz-ze-ke-NIM et-bi-TI na-ta-TI la-ISH ha-ZEH le-i-SHAH va-yis-na-E-ha
Exegesis
The construct chain hannaarah {הַנַּעֲרָה | han-na-ʿă-rāh} ‘young woman’ identifies the bride, and the prepositional phrase elhazzekenim {אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֑ים | ʾel-hazzə-qe-nîm} ‘to the elders’ marks the legal forum for the claim.
Root and etymology
nun-ayin-reshnun–ayin–resh
“young one”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:16
And the father of the young woman will say to the elders, “I have given my daughter to this man as a wife,” but he hates her .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 22:16, so the Hebrew word הַנַּעֲרָ֗ה (hanaarah) 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 Deut.22.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.16.W4.S1) and character.