Judges 13:8:16Judg.13.8.W16TAB
לַנַּ֥עַר
lanaar
“for the boy”
- Transliteration
- la-NA-ar
- Extended
- lah-NAH-ahr
- IPA
- /lanˈnaʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the boy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-NA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
la-NA-ar ha-yu-LAD
- clause
BI a-do-NAI ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER sha-la-KHTA ya-VO-na OD e-LEI-nu ve-yo-RE-nu ma-na-a-SE la-NA-ar ha-yu-LAD
- sentence
va-ye-e-TAHR ma-NO-akh el-Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAHR BI a-do-NAI ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER sha-la-KHTA ya-VO-na OD e-LEI-nu ve-yo-RE-nu ma-na-a-SE la-NA-ar ha-yu-LAD
Exegesis
The question mahnaʿaseh {מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה | mah-naʿăśeh} “what we shall do” closes with the purpose phrase lanaʿar hayullad {לַנַּעַר הַיּוּלָּד | la-nāʿar hayyūllāḏ} “for the boy who is to be born.”
Root and etymology
נ־ע־ר
“youth”
In context — Judges 13:8
And Manoah pleaded with the LORD and said, “O my Lord , please let the man of God whom You sent come again and teach us what we should do for the child who is to be born.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 13:8, so the Hebrew word לַנַּ֥עַר (lanaar) 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 Judg.13.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.8.W16.S1) and character.