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title: נֹעַר — youth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֹעַר (5290), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: youth. BDB 1906: n.m. youth, early life. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֹעַר

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«נֹעַר» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5290 · **BDB:** נֹ֫עַר

### Glosses

youth (3); than.youth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

youth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5290/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. youth, early life [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5290/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. youth, early life (rare poet. synon. for נְעוּרִים);—abs. נ׳ Jb 33:25 (= youthful vigour), 36:14, מִנּ׳ Pr 29:21 ψ 88:16 from youth up.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «נֹעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5290/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 33:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.25/)

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רֻֽטֲפַ֣שׁ בְּשָׂר֣וֹ מִנֹּ֑עַר יָ֝שׁ֗וּב לִימֵ֥י עֲלוּמָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* it.grows.fresh flesh his more than.youth he.returns to the.days his.youthful.vigor(s) his

*JPS 1917:* His flesh is tenderer than a child's; he returneth to the days of his youth;

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[Psalms 88:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.16/)

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עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ אָפֽוּנָה׃

*Word for word:* \[have.been\].afflicted I and about.to.die from youth I.have.borne terrors your I.am.perplexed

*JPS 1917:* I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.

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