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OSHB 1 Ki 1:2 נַעֲרָה (naˊₐrāh) Strongs=5291 Lemma=‘נַעֲרָה’
contextual word gloss=‘a_young_woman’ word gloss=‘young’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1015

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Other uses (6) of identical word form נַעֲרָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נַעֲרָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘[is]_a_young_woman’, ‘a_girl’, ‘a_young_woman’, ‘girl’, ‘young_woman’.

JDG 21:12 contextual word gloss=‘young_woman’ word gloss=‘young’ OSHB JDG 21:12 word 7

OET-LV: 12 And_they _found of_the _inhabitants _of of Yāⱱēsh four hundred(s) young _woman virgin[s] who not she _had _known a _man to_lying _of a _male and_they _brought them to the_camp Shiloh which in_land of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan). (JDG_21:12)

OET-RV: 12 That way they discovered four hundred young virgin women among the inhabitants of Yabesh-Gilead, and brought them back to their camp at Shiloh (in the Canaan region). (JDG 21:12)

RUTH 2:6 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_a_young_woman’ word gloss=‘young_~_woman’ OSHB RUTH 2:6 word 7

OET-LV: 6 And_he _answered the_servant who_was_appointed over the_harvesters and_he _said is_a _young _woman Mōʼāⱱite she who_she _returned with Nāˊₒmī from_the _region _of Mōʼāⱱ. (RUT_2:6)

OET-RV: 6 “She’s a young Moabitess,” the man replied. “The one who came with Naomi when she returned from Moab. (RUT 2:6)

1 KI 1:3 contextual word gloss=‘a_young_woman’ word gloss=‘girl’ OSHB 1 KI 1:3 word 2

OET-LV: 3 And_they _sought a _young _woman beautiful in_all _of the _territory _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_they _found DOM ʼAⱱīshag the_Shūnammit and_they _brought DOM_her/it to_king. (KI1_1:3)

OET-RV: 3 So they searched throughout Yisrael and found a beautiful young woman called Avishag (a Shunammite) and brought her to the king. (KI1 1:3)

2 KI 5:2 contextual word gloss=‘a_girl’ word gloss=‘girl’ OSHB 2 KI 5:2 word 7

OET-LV: 2 And_ʼArām they _had _gone _out marauding _bands and_they _had _taken _captive from_the _land _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) a _girl young and_it _became to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the _wife _of Naˊₐmān. (KI2_5:2)

OET-RV: 2 Previously troops that had been sent out from Aram, had taken a young Israeli girl captive and she had become Na’aman’s wife’s servant. (KI2 5:2)

EST 2:3 contextual word gloss=‘girl’ word gloss=‘young’ OSHB EST 2:3 word 10

OET-LV: 3 And_let _him _appoint the_king appointees in_all the _provinces _of his/its_kingdom and_let _them _gather DOM every _of girl virgin good _of appearance to Shūshan the_citadel to the _house _of the _women into the _hand _of Hegai the _eunuch _of the_king the _one _who_kept _of the_women and_let _him _give cleansings _of_their. (EST_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 You could assign officers in each province of your empire to bring every virgin who is very beautiful here to your capital city of Shushan. They could stay in the harem for virgins under the custody of Hegai, the castrated royal guardian who takes care of the young women who live there and he could arrange for them to receive beauty treatments. (EST 2:3)

EST 2:12 contextual word gloss=‘a_young_woman’ word gloss=‘girl's’ OSHB EST 2:12 word 3

OET-LV: 12 And_when_arrived the_turn _of a _young _woman and_a _young _woman to_go to the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh from _the_end/extremity of _being to/for_her/it according_to _the _regulation _of the _women two _plus ten month[s] if/because thus the _days _of they _were _completed their _rubbings _of_of six months with_the _oil _of (the)_myrrh and_six months with _(the)_oil and_with_the _cleansings _of (the)_women. (EST_2:12)

OET-RV: 12 Each young woman would get twelve months of beauty treatment according to the Persian law for women—there would be six months of applying oil of myrrh, then six months of perfumes and other lotions designed for women. Then their turn would come, one at a time, to be taken to King Ahasuerus. (EST 2:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘נַעֲרָה’’ have 7 different glosses: ‘Naarah’, ‘[is]_a_young_woman’, ‘a_girl’, ‘a_young_woman’, ‘girl’, ‘of_Naarah’, ‘young_woman’.