Judges 19:13:2Judg.19.13.W2TAB

לְנַעֲר֔וֹ

lenaaro

to his young man

Transliteration
le-na-a-RO
Extended
leh-nah-ah-ROH
IPA
/lənăʕaˈroː/

Meaning by language

English
to his young man

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + נַ + עֲ + ר֔וֹ
le + na + a + ro
lenaaro

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-na-a-RO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO le-KHA ve-nik-re-VA be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO le-KHA ve-nik-re-VA be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT ve-la-NU va-giv-A O va-ra-MA

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase lena'aro {לְנַעֲרוֹ | lə-nā-ʿă-rō} ‘to his servant’ sets the audience.

Root and etymology

n-ʿ-r

youth, servant

In contextJudges 19:13

And he said to his servant , “Come, let us approach one of the places and let us spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah.”

About this coordinate

Judges 19:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 19:13, so the Hebrew word לְנַעֲר֔וֹ (lenaaro) 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.19.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.13.W2.S1) and character.