1 boy, lad, youth.

2 retainer (not in P) (Late Hebrew as Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician נער Lzb³²⁴); — ׳נ absolute Genesis 37:2 +; construct 1 Samuel 2:13 +; suffix נַעֲרוֺ Judges 19:3 +, נַעֲרָהּ 2 Kings 4:24; plural נְעָרִים 1 Samuel 25:5 +, construct נַעֲרֵי Exodus 24:5 +; suffix נְעָרַי Nehemiah 4:10; Nehemiah 5:10, etc.; —

1 boy, lad, youth (c. 133 t.)

a. of infant Exodus 2:6 (E; 3 months old), to be born Judges 13:5,7,8,12, just born 1 Samuel 4:21, not weaned 1 Samuel 1:22; also Isaiah 8:4, compare Isaiah 7:16 +.

b. of lad just weaned 1 Samuel 1:24 (strike out 2nd נער, compare further Dr Bu HPS), 1 Samuel 1:25; 1 Samuel 1:27, etc.

c. = youth: of young Ishmael Genesis 21:12f. (E), Isaac Genesis 22:5,12 (E), Joseph Genesis 37:2 (E; 17 years old), Benjamin Genesis 43:8; Genesis 44:22 f. (J), sons of Samuel 1 Samuel 2:17, of Jesse 1 Samuel 16:11; קָטֹן ׳נ little lad 1 Samuel 20:35; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 5:14; Isaiah 11:6, קָטָן ׳נ 1 Kings 11:17, plural 2 Kings 2:23.

d. ׳נ with special stress on youthfulness Judges 8:20; 1 Samuel 17:33,42; Hosea 11:1; Isaiah 3:4 compare Ecclesiastes 10:16; Isaiah 3:5; Isaiah 10:19; Jeremiah 1:6,7; 1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 2Chronicles 13:7; 34:3; so in phrase וְעַד זָקֵן ׳מִנּ Genesis 19:4 (J), Joshua 6:21 (J), Esther 3:13 compare Exodus 10:9 (E), Deuteronomy 28:50; Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 65:20; Jeremiah 51:22; Lamentations 2:21; Psalm 37:25; Psalm 148:12; Proverbs 22:6.

e. of marriageable age Genesis 34:19 (J), warrior Absalom 2 Samuel 18:5,12 +, Zadok 1 Chronicles 12:28, etc.

2 servant, retainer (c. 105 t):

a. = personal attendant, household servant, Numbers 22:22 (J), Judges 7:10; Judges 7:11; Judges 19:3; 1 Samuel 9:3f.; 2 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 4:25 #NAME?

b. = retainer, follower Genesis 14:24; 1 Samuel 25:5f.; 2 Samuel 2:14f.; 1 Kings 20:14f.; 2 Kings 19:6 = Isaiah 37:6; Job 1:15,16,17; Nehemiah 4:10; Nehemiah 4:17 #NAME? Zechariah 11:16 is corrupt, compare We Now. —

Note. נער occurs in Pentateuch as Kt with Qr perpet. נַעֲרָה q. v.