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title: נָעַר — growl · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָעַר (5286), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: growl. BDB 1906: vb. growl. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָעַר

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«נָעַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **growl** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5286 · **BDB:** נָעַר

### Glosses

they.growl (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

growl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5286/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. growl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5286/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. growl (NH id. cry, bray; cf. Syriac ܢܥܰܪ; Arabic نَعَرَ make a noise Lane2815; poss. Assyrian naʾru, cry, roar (?) DlHWB 439);—only Pf. 3 pl. נָֽעֲרוּ כְּגוֹרֵי אֲרָיוֹת Je 51:38 (‖ כַּכְּפִרִים יִשְׁאָ֑גוּ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5286/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 51:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.38/)

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יַחְדָּ֖ו כַּכְּפִרִ֣ים יִשְׁאָ֑גוּ נָעֲר֖וּ כְּגוֹרֵ֥י אֲרָיֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* together like.(the) young lions they.roar they.growl like cubs of.lions

*JPS 1917:* They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.

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