Genesis 19:4:9Gen.19.4.W9TAB
מִנַּ֖עַר
minnaar
“from young”
- Transliteration
- min-NA-ar
- Extended
- mihn-NAH-ar
- IPA
- /min.ˈna.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- from young
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
min-NA-ar
- clause
TE-rem yish-ka-VU ve-an-SHEI ha-IR an-SHEI se-DOM na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit min-NA-ar ve-ad-za-KEN
- sentence
TE-rem yish-ka-VU ve-an-SHEI ha-IR an-SHEI se-DOM na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit min-NA-ar ve-ad-za-KEN kol-ha-AM mik-ka-TSE
Exegesis
The merism minnaar ve-ʿad-zaken {מִנַּעַר וְעַד־זָקֵן | min-naʿar wə-ʿaḏ-zā-qēn} ‘from youth and up to old’ expresses full generational inclusion, reinforced by kol-ha-ʿam {כָּל־הָעָם | kāl-hā-ʿām} ‘all the people’ and mi-qatseh {מִקָּצֶה | miq-qā-ṣeh} ‘from the end’, an idiom for every quarter. In translation, clauses are segmented to preserve Hebrew’s cumulative emphasis while ensuring English readability.
In context — Genesis 19:4
Before they lay down, the men of the city—the men of Sodom—gathered around the house, from the youngest to the oldest, all the people from every quarter .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 19:4, so the Hebrew word מִנַּ֖עַר (minnaar) 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 Gen.19.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.4.W9.S1) and character.