נַ֫עַר
boy
also: lad, servant, youth, retainer fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
63 distinct verses where H5288 appears in the Construct state, across 13 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 3 verses
- Genesis 22:3 נְעָרָי/ו֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
- Genesis 22:5 נְעָרָ֗י/ו וְ/הַ/נַּ֔עַר n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you.
- Genesis 22:19 נְעָרָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
Exodus 2 verses
- Exodus 10:9 בִּ/נְעָרֵ֥י/נוּ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh."
- Exodus 24:5 נַעֲרֵי֙ n c mp cs He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to Yahweh.
Numbers 1 verse
Judges 6 verses
- Judges 7:10 נַעַרְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But if you fear to go down, go you with Purah your servant down to the camp:
- Judges 7:11 נַעֲר֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men who were in the camp.
- Judges 9:54 הַ/נַּ֣עַר נַעֲר֖/וֹ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say of me, A woman killed him. His young man thrust him through, and he died.
- Judges 19:3 וְ/נַעֲר֥/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
- Judges 19:9 וְ/נַעֲר֑/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home.
- Judges 19:13 לְ/נַעֲר֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Ruth 2 verses
- Ruth 2:5 לְ/נַעֲר֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then said Boaz to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose young lady is this?
- Ruth 2:15 נְעָרָ֜י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms When she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don't reproach her.
1 Samuel 14 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:13 נַ֤עַר n c ms cs The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;
- 1 Samuel 2:15 נַ֣עַר n c ms cs Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of you, but raw.
- 1 Samuel 9:5 לְ/נַעֲר֥/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, Come, and let us return, lest my father leave off caring for the donkeys, and be anxious for us.
- 1 Samuel 9:7 לְ/נַעֲר֗/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
- 1 Samuel 9:10 לְ/נַעֲר֛/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.
- 1 Samuel 9:22 נַעֲר֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest-chamber, and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons.
- 1 Samuel 10:14 נַעֲר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where went you? He said, To seek the donkeys; and when we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 20:36 לְ/נַעֲר֔/וֹ הַ/נַּ֣עַר prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms ptcl def.art + n c ms He said to his boy, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
- 1 Samuel 20:38 הַ/נַּ֔עַר נַ֤עַר ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs Jonathan cried after the boy, Go fast! Hurry! Don't delay! Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
- 1 Samuel 25:8 נְעָרֶ֜י/ךָ הַ/נְּעָרִ֥ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms ptcl def.art + n c mp Ask your young men, and they will tell you: therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.
- 1 Samuel 25:9 נַעֲרֵ֣י n c mp cs When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
- 1 Samuel 25:12 נַעֲרֵֽי n c mp cs So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
- 1 Samuel 25:19 לִ/נְעָרֶ֨י/הָ֙ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs She said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:25 נַעֲרֵ֥י n c mp cs Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you did send.
2 Samuel 7 verses
- 2 Samuel 9:9 נַ֥עַר n c ms cs Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, "All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given to your master's son.
- 2 Samuel 13:17 נַעֲר/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
- 2 Samuel 13:28 נְעָרָ֜י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; don't be afraid; haven't I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
- 2 Samuel 13:29 נַעֲרֵ֤י n c mp cs The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up on his mule, and fled.
- 2 Samuel 16:1 נַ֥עַר n c ms cs When David was a little past the top [of the ascent], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
- 2 Samuel 19:17 נַ֚עַר n c ms cs There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
- 2 Samuel 20:11 מִֽ/נַּעֲרֵ֖י prep + n c mp cs There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.
1 Kings 6 verses
- 1 Kings 18:43 נַעֲר֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. He went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. He said, Go again seven times.
- 1 Kings 19:3 נַעֲר֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
- 1 Kings 20:14 בְּ/נַעֲרֵ֖י prep + n c mp cs Ahab said, By whom? He said, Thus says Yahweh, By the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? He answered, You.
- 1 Kings 20:15 נַעֲרֵי֙ n c mp cs Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
- 1 Kings 20:17 נַעֲרֵ֛י n c mp cs The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.
- 1 Kings 20:19 נַעֲרֵ֖י n c mp cs So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
2 Kings 9 verses
- 2 Kings 4:12 נַעֲר֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. When he had called her, she stood before him.
- 2 Kings 4:24 נַעֲרָ֖/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; don't slacken me the riding, except I bid you.
- 2 Kings 4:25 נַעֲר֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. It happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite:
- 2 Kings 4:38 לְ/נַעֲר֗/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
- 2 Kings 5:20 נַעַר֮ n c ms cs But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
- 2 Kings 5:23 נְעָרָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. He urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they bore them before him.
- 2 Kings 6:15 נַעֲר֥/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. His servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
- 2 Kings 8:4 נַ֥עַר n c ms cs Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.
- 2 Kings 19:6 נַעֲרֵ֥י n c mp cs Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Nehemiah 8 verses
- Nehemiah 4:16 נְעָרַ/י֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs It happened from that time forth, that half of my servants worked in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
- Nehemiah 4:22 וְ/נַעֲר֔/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.
- Nehemiah 4:23 וּ/נְעָרַ֗/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone [went with] his weapon [to] the water.
- Nehemiah 5:10 וּ/נְעָרַ֔/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I likewise, my brothers and my servants, do lend them money and grain. Please let us leave off this usury.
- Nehemiah 5:15 נַעֲרֵי/הֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
- Nehemiah 5:16 נְעָרַ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.
- Nehemiah 6:5 נַעֲר֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
- Nehemiah 13:19 וּ/מִ/נְּעָרַ֗/י conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.
Esther 3 verses
- Esther 2:2 נַעֲרֵֽי n c mp cs Then said the king's servants who ministered to him, Let there be beautiful young virgins sought for the king:
- Esther 6:3 נַעֲרֵ֤י n c mp cs The king said, What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then the king's servants who ministered to him said, "Nothing has been done for him."
- Esther 6:5 נַעֲרֵ֤י n c mp cs The king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. The king said, Let him come in.
Job 1 verse
Isaiah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew noun נער centers on the idea of “boy.” The King James Version usually renders it “young men,” while modern versions prefer “boy” (Berean Standard Bible) and “young man” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) — see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 221 verses in 24 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Debuting at Genesis 14:24, it then recurs through the corpus. Alongside “boy” the lexicon also lists “lad”, “servant”, and “youth” — part of its full sense range. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5288 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 221
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 221 distinct verses.
- 24 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 24 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #198
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 198 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 221 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 221 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 148 verses · 67%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 42 verses · 19%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 31 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Young men 36×, Child 32×, Servant 31×
- American Standard Version†: Young men 32×, Child 31×, Servant 25×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Boy 45×, Servant 25×, Young men 25×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Young man 57×, Boy 44×, Young men 38×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5288 across 238† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 45 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5288 across 239† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 69 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5288 across 226† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 13 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5288 across 253† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
10 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 10 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
נער I [m.] usually interpr. as a shaking, scattering, abst. for concr. = scattered ones, only Zc 11
נער II 1. boy, lad, youth. 2. retainer (not in P) (NH as BH
- 1. boy, lad, youth (c. 133 times)
- a. of infant Ex 2:6 (E; 3 months old), to be born Ju 13:5, 7, 8, 12, just born 1 S 4:21, not weaned 1 S 1:22; also Is 8:4, cf. 7:16 +. e.g. Exodus 2:6
- b. of lad just weaned 1 S 1:24 (del. 2nd נער, cf. further Dr Bu HPS), v 25, 27, etc. e.g. 1 Samuel 1:24
- c. = youth: of young Ishmael Gn 21:12f. (E), Isaac 22:5, 12 (E), Joseph Gn 37:2 (E; 17 years old,), Benj. 43:8; 44:22f. (J), sons of Samuel 1 S 2:17, of Jesse 1 S 16:11; נ׳ קָטֹן little lad 1 S 20:35; 1 K 3:7; 2 K 5:14; Is 11:6, נ׳ קָטָן 1 K 11:17, pl. 2 K 2:23. e.g. Genesis 21:12
- d. נ׳ with special stress on youthfulness Ju 8:20; 1 S 17:33, 42; Ho 11:1 Is 3:4 cf. Ec 10:16; Is 3:5; 10:19; Je 1:6, 7; 1 Ch 22:5; 29:1; 2 Ch 13:7; 34:3; so in phr. מִנּ׳ וְעַד זָקֵן Gn 19:4 (J), Jos 6:21 (J), Est 3:13 cf. Ex 10:9 (E), Dt 28:50; Is 20:4; 65:20; Je 51:22; La 2:21 ψ 37:25; 148:12; Pr 22:6. e.g. Judges 8:20
- e. of marriageable age Gn 34:19 (J), warrior Absalom 2 S 18:5, 12 +, Zadok 1 Ch 12:29, etc. e.g. Genesis 34:19
- 2. servant, retainer (c. 105 times):
- a. = personal attendant, household servant, Nu 22:22 (J), Ju 7:10, 11; 19:3; 1 S 9:3f. 2 K 4:12, 25 + often e.g. Numbers 22:22
- b. = retainer, follower Gn 14:24; 1 S 25:5f.; 2 S 2:14f.; 1 K 20:14f.; 2 K 19:6 = Is 37:6, Jb 1:15, 16, 17; Ne 4:10, 17 + often—Zc 11:16 is corrupt, cf. We Now.— e.g. Genesis 14:24
- נער occurs in Pent. as Kt with Qr perpet. נַעֲרָה q.v.
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.[m.] usually interpr. as a shaking, scattering, abst. for concr. = scattered ones, only Zc 11:16, but text corrupt, v. We Now.
II. n.m. 1. boy, lad, youth. 2. retainer (not in P) (NH as BH; Ph. נער Lzb 324);—נ׳ abs. Gn 37:2 +; cstr. 1 S 2:13 +; sf. נַעֲרוֹ Ju 19:3 +, נַעֲרָהּ 2 K 4:24; pl. נְעָרִים 1 S 25:5 +, cstr. נַעֲרֵי Ex 24:5 +; sf. נְעָרַי Ne 4:10; 5:10, etc.;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from נער (nâʻar) (H5287) — to shake.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
נָעַר I
- cmp. next w.) [to be excited, noisy,] esp. (of the ass) to bray. Ber. 3ᵃ. Ib. 56ᵃ (in Chald. dict.) דקאי אאיסדן ונוֹעֵר standing at the head of the bed and braying. B. Kam. 18ᵇ; Kidd. 24ᵇ; a. e.—[Cant. R. to IV, 8 בתחלה הוא נוער, read: נֵעוֹר, v. עוּר.]
נָעַר II
- to shake, stir. Makhsh. I, 4 הנוֹעֵר אגודה וכ׳ he who shakes (the rain off) a bundle of vegetables. Ib. V, 7. Pesik. R. s. 26 לאיוב נָעַרְתִּי מן האשפה וכ׳ I shook Job (making him rise) from the dunghill, and concerning thee (Israel) it is written (Is. LII, 2), shake thyself &c.; a. e. e.g. Isaiah 52:2
- 1. to shake. Pesik. Shek., p. 17ᵃ נַעֲרָהּ קפלה shake it (the garment), fold it; Lev. R. s. 2. B. Mets. II, 8 מצא כסות מְנַעֲרָהּ וכ׳ if one found a garment (and holds it in charge waiting for the owner to claim it), he must shake it once in thirty days. Sabb. 147ᵃ top; a. fr.
- 2. to stir. Ḥull. VIII, 3 נ׳ את הקדרה if he stirred (the meat in) the pot. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵈ top שמא נ׳ הגוי בקדרה the gentile might have stirred the pot; a. fr.
- 3. to empty; to cause evacuation. Toh. II, 1 מְנָעֶרֶת את הקדרה she may empty (or stir) the dish. Kel. XXVIII, 2 לנָעֵר בו וכ׳ used for (lifting and) emptying the pot. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 10 שהחנוני מְנָעֵר וכ׳ which the shop-keeper uses when pouring out &c. (or through which he pours for straining), v. יַתִּיךְ; a. e.—נ׳ את הצאן to use means by which to expedite the discharge of excrements of the flock on the spot to be manured (v. דּוּר I, Pi.). Tosef. Shebi. II, 20; M. Kat. 12ᵃ; Y. Shebi. III, 34ᶜ bot. Ib. השוכר … לנַעֲרָהּ he who hires a flock (for manuring) is forbidden to use means &c.; expl. ib. מוליכה ממקום וכ׳ by driving it from place to place.—Part. pass. מְנוֹעָר; f. מְנוֹעֶרֶת; pl. מְנוֹעָרִים, מְנוֹעָרִין: מְנוֹעָרוֹת empty, vacant. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵇ bot. (play on שִׁנְ֗עָ֗ר̇) שחם מנ׳ מן המצות וכ׳ they (the Babylonians) are vacant of (cannot perform) certain religious observances &c.; Koh. R. to XII, 7; Gen. R. s. 37 שהיא מנ׳ וכ׳ she (Babylonia) is deprived &c. Ḥag. 14ᵃ (play on נערים, Is. III, 4) אלו בני אדם שמנ׳ וכ׳ that means persons empty of good deeds, opp. ממולא; Yalk. Is. 261.—[B. Bath. 74ᵇ ור"י נוער some ed., v. עוּר I.—Ḥull. 51ᵇ ניערה, v. infra.] e.g. Isaiah 3:4
- 1. to be stirred up; to bestir one’s self. B. Bath. 74ᵇ וני׳ ר׳'א and R. El. was stirred up (awoke). Sot. 5ᵃ אין עפרו נ׳ his dust will not be stirred up (for resurrection). Ex. R. s. 1 (play on חלאה ונערה, I Chr. IV, 5) חלתה ונִנְעֲרָה מחליה וכ׳ she (Miriam) was sick, but she bestirred herself (arose) from her sickness, and the Lord restored her to youth. Y. Ber. III, 6ᵈ top (play on מנעריו, Gen. VIII, 21) משעה שהוא נ׳ ויוצא וכ׳ from the moment the embryo bestirs itself to come out into the world; Gen. R. s. 34; Yalk. ib. 61. Ḥull. 51ᵇ ננערה לעמוד וכ׳ Rashi (ed. נִיעֲרָה) if the animal made an effort to get up, although it did not succeed; a. e. e.g. 1 Chronicles 4:5
- 2. (of flax) to be hatcheled. Y. Sabb. II, beg. 4ᶜ (expl. חוסן, ib. II, 1) פשתן שלא ננערה flax which has not yet been hatcheled.
- 3. to be emptied, poured out. Y. Ber. l. c. (play on שנער) ששם נִנְעֲרוּ וכ׳ for into that valley the dead of the generation of the flood were dumped; Gen. R. s. 37; Koh. R. l. c.—Snh. 92ᵃ קשתו נִינְעֶרֶת his bow will be empty (his sexual vitality broken).
- to stir up, to keep awake. Erub. 53ᵇ (play on נערה &c., v. אַהֲרוֹנִית) והִנְעִירָתוֹ and she kept him awake.
- to be emptied; trnsf. to be displaced. Zeb. 116ᵃ (ref. to Cant. IV, 16) תִּתְנַעֵר אומה … ותבא וכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) removed be the (Roman) nation whose sacrifices are slaughtered northward (Lev. I, 11, which is entitled only to burnt-offerings), and let the nation enter &c. e.g. Song of Solomon 4:16
נְעַר
- , to shake, stir.—Part. pass. נְעִיר waking. Targ. Job XXI, 32 (Ms. נָעִיר; ed. Wil. יְעִיר, v. עוּר).
- to shake; to empty. Yalk. Zech. 570; Cant. R. to IV, 8 (ref. to Zech. II, 17) דמְנַעֲרָה וכ׳ (דמְנַעֲרָא), v. גֵּו ch.; Gen. R. s. 75. Sabb. 142ᵃ ולִינַעֲרִינְהוּ נַעוּרֵי let him shake the fruit out of the basket. e.g. Zechariah 2:17
נַעַר
- preced., tender, young; lad. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 1 שיתכבד הזקן בַּנַּ׳ that the old may be honored by the young. Ex. R. s. 1 ילד היה ומנהגו כנ׳ he was a child, but his behavior was like that of a lad; a. fr.—Pl. נְעָרִים. Yoma 75ᵇ לנ׳ לחם וכ׳ the manna was bread to the young, oil to the old &c. Tanḥ. Sh’mini 11 אם נ׳ הם וכ׳ if they (the elders) are young &c., v. קָפַץ. Ib. הבחורים והנ׳ the young men and the lads. Sot. 46ᵇ נ׳ היו ובזבזו וכ׳ they were young men, but behaved contemptibly like children; a. fr.—Fem. נַעֲרָה lass, maid, esp. (law) a girl between twelve and twelve and a half years of age, v. בַּגְרוּת. Esth. R. to V, 1; a. fr.—Keth. III, 8, contrad. to בוגרת a. קטנה. Ib. IV, 1; a. fr.—Pl. נְעָרוֹת, constr. נַעֲרוֹת. Ib. III, 1 (29ᵃ). Esth. R. l. c. שתי נַעֲרוֹתֶיהָ her two maids; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 119 distinct written forms H5288 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 59 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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- נערי Naʻăray H5293 Naarai
- נעריה Nᵉʻaryâh H5294 Neariah
- נערן Naʻărân H5295 Naaran
- ענר ʻÂnêr H6063 Aner
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 206 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 221 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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- Genesis 14:24
- Exodus 2:6
- Numbers 11:27
- Deuteronomy 28:50
- Joshua 6:21
- Judges 7:10
- Ruth 2:5
- 1 Samuel 1:22
- 2 Samuel 1:5
- 1 Kings 3:7
- 2 Kings 2:23
- 1 Chronicles 12:28
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