Lexical Summary naarah: a girl, maiden Original Word: נַעֲרָהTransliteration: naarah Phonetic Spelling: (nah-ar-aw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a girl, maiden Meaning: a girl, maiden Strong's Concordance damsel, maiden, young woman Feminine of na'ar; a girl (from infancy to adolescence) -- damsel, maid(-en), young (woman). see HEBREW na'ar Brown-Driver-Briggs H5291. naarah 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; 3:2, נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ Genesis 24:61; Exodus 2:5, etc.; — 1 girl, damsel; ׳נ קְטַנָּה little girl only 2 Kings 5:2, compare 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; 34:3, 12 (all J), Deuteronomy 22:15 (twice in verse); 22:16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26 (twice in verse); 22:29; 1 Kings 1:3-4, Esther 2:4, 7, 8, 9, 12 (twice in verse); 2:13; specifically virgin ׳נ בְּתוּלָה Judges 21:12; Deuteronomy 22:23, 28; 1 Kings 1:2; Esther 2:2-3,(compare Deuteronomy 22:15b; 22:20); ׳נ מְאֹרָשָׂה betrothed girl 22:25, 27; young widow Ruth 2:6; 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; 27:27; 31:15; Esther 2:9 (twice in verse); 4:4, 16; gleaners Ruth 2:5, 8, 22, 23; 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. |
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