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Hebrew wordlink #281616

OSHB Ecc 10:16 נָעַר (nāˊar) Strongs=5288 Lemma=‘נַעַר’
contextual word gloss=‘[is]_a_youth’ word gloss=‘youth’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-977

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Other uses (4) of identical word form נָעַר (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נָעַר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘[is]_a_youth’, ‘[was]_a_lad’, ‘[was]_a_young_man’, ‘a_youth’.

JDG 8:20 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_a_young_man’ word gloss=‘boy’ OSHB JDG 8:20 word 15

OET-LV: 20 And_he/it _said to_Yeter/(Jether) firstborn _of_his arise kill them and_not he _drew the _young_man sword _of_his if/because he _was _afraid if/because still_he was_a _young _man. (JDG_8:20)

OET-RV: 20 Then he ordered Yeter, his oldest son, “Go and kill them.” But Yeter didn’t pull out his sword because he was afraid—he was still a youth. (JDG 8:20)

1 SAM 1:24 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_a_lad’ word gloss=‘young’ OSHB 1 SAM 1:24 word 17

OET-LV: 24 And_she_brought _him _up with_her/it just_as she_had _weaned _him with_young _bulls three and_an _ʼēyfāh one flour and_a _jar _of wine and_she_took _him the _house _of YHWH Shiloh and_the_lad was_a _lad. (SA1_1:24)

OET-RV: 24 The next year, after she’d weaned him, she took the young boy with them, along with three bulls, a sack of flour, and a container of wine. Then she brought him to Yahweh’s tent in Shiloh, (SA1 1:24)

PROV 20:11 contextual word gloss=‘a_youth’ word gloss=‘child’ OSHB PROV 20:11 word 4

OET-LV: 11 Also by_his _of_deeds he _makes _himself _known a _youth if is_pure and_if is_upright activity _of_his. (PRO_20:11)

OET-RV: 11 Even young people are known by their actions
⇔ → if they’re honest and obedient. (PRO 20:11)

PROV 22:15 contextual word gloss=‘a_youth’ word gloss=‘child’ OSHB PROV 22:15 word 4

OET-LV: 15 Foolishness is_bound in_the_heart _of a _youth a _rod _of discipline it_will _put _it _far _away from_him. (PRO_22:15)

OET-RV: 15 Foolish ideas are natural in the mind of a youth.
⇔ → but the rod bringing discipline drives it far from them. (PRO 22:15)