Isaiah 20:4:8Isa.20.4.W8TAB
נְעָרִ֥ים
nearim
“young men”
- Transliteration
- ne-a-RIM
- Extended
- neh-aa-REEM
- IPA
- /nəʕaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- young men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ne-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ne-a-RIM u-ze-ke-NIM
- clause
KEN yin-haG ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-she-VI mits-ra-YIM ve-et-ga-LUT KUSH ne-a-RIM u-ze-ke-NIM a-ROM ve-ya-KHEF
- sentence
KEN yin-haG ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-she-VI mits-ra-YIM ve-et-ga-LUT KUSH ne-a-RIM u-ze-ke-NIM a-ROM ve-ya-KHEF va-kha-su-FAI SHET e-re-VAT mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The merism ne‘ārîm u-zaqēnîm {נְעָרִים וּזְקֵנִים | ne‘ārîm ū-za-qēn-îm} ‘young and old’ denotes total inclusion.
In context — Isaiah 20:4
So the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young men and old men, naked and barefoot, and with bare buttocks, the nakedness of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 20:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 20:4, so the Hebrew word נְעָרִ֥ים (nearim) 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 Isa.20.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.20.4.W8.S1) and character.