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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
le-na-a-RO
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO
- clause
va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO le-KHA ve-nik-re-VA be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT
- 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 context — Judges 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.