5291. naarah
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naarah: a girl, maiden
Original Word: נַעֲרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: naarah
Phonetic Spelling: (nah-ar-aw')
Short Definition: girl

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
fem. of naar
Definition
a girl, maiden
NASB Translation
each young lady (1), girl (21), girl's (11), maidens (8), maids (7), young (4), young ladies (1), young lady (4), young woman (2), young women (1), young...woman (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. נַעֲרָה noun feminine girl, damsel; — absolute ׳נ Judges 19:3 22t., also Qr Genesis 24:14 20t. Genesis, Deuteronomy (נַעֲרָה Kt in Pentateuch only Deuteronomy 22:19, see below); plural absolute נְעָרוֺת 1 Samuel 9:11 +, construct נַעֲרוֺת Esther 4:4; suffix נַעֲרוֺתָיו Ruth 2:22; Ruth 3:2, נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ Genesis 24:61; Exodus 2:5, etc.; —

1 girl, damsel; קְטַנָּה ׳נ little girl only 2 Kings 5:2, compare 2 Kings 5:4, perhaps = young daughters Job 40:29; elsewhere = young woman 1 Samuel 9:11; especially as marriageable, Genesis 24:14,16,28,55,57; Genesis 34:3,12 (all J), Deuteronomy 22:15 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:16,19,20,21,24,26 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:29; 1 Kings 1:3,4; Esther 2:4,7,8,9,12 (twice in verse); Esther 2:13; specifically virgin בְּתוּלָה ׳נ Judges 21:12; Deuteronomy 22:23,28; 1 Kings 1:2; Esther 2:2,3(compare Deuteronomy 22:15b; Deuteronomy 22:20); מְאֹרָשָׂה ׳נ betrothed girl Deuteronomy 22:25,27; young widow Ruth 2:6; Ruth 4:12; of a concubine Judges 19:3,4,5,6,8,9, a prostitute Amos 2:7.

2 of female attendants, maids (always plural), Genesis 24:61 (J), Exodus 2:5 (E), 1 Samuel 25:42; Proverbs 9:3; Proverbs 27:27; Proverbs 31:15; Esther 2:9 (twice in verse); Esther 4:4,16; gleaners Ruth 2:5,8,22,23; Ruth 3:2. —

Note. נער Kt in Pentateuch as feminine (Qr נַעֲרָ֯) is probably not original; it is not found in Sam. Pentateuch, and feminine plural נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ occurs Genesis, Exodus; compare Ges§§ 2n, 17c.



Strong's
damsel, maiden, young woman

Feminine of na'ar; a girl (from infancy to adolescence) -- damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).

see HEBREW na'ar

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