Proverbs 23:13:2Prov.23.13.W2TAB

מִנַּ֣עַר

minnaar

from a youth

Transliteration
min-NA-ar
Extended
mihn-NAH-ahr
IPA
/minˈnaʕar/

Meaning by language

English
from a youth

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Result
מִנ + נַּ֣ + עַר
min + na + ar
minnaar

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    min-NA-ar

  2. clause

    al-ti-me-NA min-NA-ar mu-SAR

  3. sentence

    al-ti-me-NA min-NA-ar mu-SAR ki-tak-KE-nu va-SHE-vet LO ya-MUT

Exegesis

The phrase min-naar {מִנַּעַר | min-nāʿar} ‘from a youth’ identifies the beneficiary.

Root and etymology

נ־ע־רn-ʿ-r

youth, adolescent

In contextProverbs 23:13

Do not withhold discipline from a youth; for if you strike him with the rod , he will not die.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 23:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 23:13, so the Hebrew word מִנַּ֣עַר (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 Prov.23.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.13.W2.S1) and character.