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title: נְעוּרִים — youth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְעוּרִים (5271), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 46 times: youth. BDB 1906: n.f. pl. youth, early life. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְעוּרִים

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«נְעוּרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **youth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 46 times · **Key:** 5271 · **BDB:** נְעוּרִים

### Glosses

youth(s) (28); your.youth(s) (9); her.youth(s) (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

youth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5271/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pl. youth, early life [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5271/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (ψ 103:5; Ges§ 145k) pl. youth, early life;—abs. נ׳ Is 54:6 ψ 127:4; elsewhere sf. נִעֻרַי 1 S 12:2, נְעוּרי Jb 31:18 +, נְעֻרֶיךָ 2 S 19:8, נִעוּרֶיךָ Pr 5:18 +, נְעוּרַיִךְ Je 2:2 +, נְעוּרָ֑יִכִי ψ 103:5, נִעוּרֵיהֶן Ez 23:3, etc.;—youth, early life, especially in phr. מִנּ׳ from one’s youth up Gn 8:21 (J), 1 S 17:33; 1 K 18:12; Je 3:24; Zc 13:5; Jb 31:18 (extreme youth; ‖ מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי); fig. of Babylon Is 47:12, 15, Moab Je 48:11, Judah 22:21, cf. ψ 71:5, 17; 129:1, 2; מִנּ׳ וְעַד־עַתָּה Gn 46:34 (J), 2 S 19:8; Ez 4:14; מִנּ׳ וְעַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה 1 S 12:2; Je 3:25; as time in or during which Lv 22:13 (H), Nu 30:4, 17 (P), La 3:27 ψ 144:12, fig. of Judah and Sam., personif., Ez 23:2, 8; cf. יְמֵי נ׳ (in fig. of Isr.) Ho 2:17 (‖ יוֹם עֲ֜לוֹתָהּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם), Ez 16:22, 43, 60; 23:19; other phr. are: אַלּוּף נ׳ Je 3:4 friend of my youth, cf. Pr 2:17, עֲוֹנוֹת נ׳ Jb 13:26, חַטֹּאות נ׳ ψ 25:7, חֶסֶד נ׳ Je 2:2, חֶרְפַּת נ׳ 31:19, זִמַּת נ׳ Ez 23:21, שְׁדֵי נ׳ v 21, בַּעַל נ׳ Jo 1:8, and especially אֵשֶׁת נ׳ Pr 5:18; Mal 2:14, 15; Is 54:6 (fig.); בְּנֵי נ׳ ψ 127:4 sons of (a man’s) youth; = youthful vigour ψ 103:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 45 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְעוּרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5271/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 127:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.127.4/)

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כְּחִצִּ֥ים בְּיַד־גִּבּ֑וֹר כֵּ֝֗ן בְּנֵ֣י הַנְּעוּרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* like arrows in.\[the\] hand of.a.warrior so \[are\].the.sons of.(the) youth(s)

*JPS 1917:* As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of one's youth.

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[Joel 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.8/)

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אֱלִ֕י כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה חֲגֻֽרַת־שַׂ֖ק עַל־בַּ֥עַל נְעוּרֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* wail like a.virgin girded of.sackcloth on the.husband her.youth(s) her

*JPS 1917:* Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

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