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נער

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Hebrew

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Root
נ־ע־ר (n-ʿ-r)
6 terms

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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נָעַר (na'ár) (pa'al construction)

  1. to bray (donkey)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of נָעַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לנעור / לִנְעֹר
action noun נְעִירָה
passive participle
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first נָעַרְתִּי נָעַרְנוּ
second נָעַרְתָּ נָעַרְתְּ נְעַרְתֶּם1 נְעַרְתֶּן1
third נָעַר נָעֲרָה נָעֲרוּ
present נוֹעֵר נוֹעֶרֶת נוֹעֲרִים נוֹעֲרוֹת
future first אֶנְעַר נִנְעַר
second תִּנְעַר תִּנְעֲרִי תִּנְעֲרוּ תִּנְעַרְנָה2
third יִנְעַר תִּנְעַר יִנְעֲרוּ תִּנְעַרְנָה2
imperative positive נְעַר נַעֲרִי נַעֲרוּ נְעַרְנָה2
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Pronounced נָעַרְתֶּם and נָעַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

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Compare Ugaritic 𐎐𐎓𐎗 (nʿr, boy, servant boy).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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נַעַר (ná'arm (plural indefinite נְעָרִים, feminine counterpart נַעֲרָה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (biblical Hebrew) non-infant child
  2. (biblical Hebrew) boy, physically able young man. Also, a servant.
  3. (modern) adolescent, teenager
Declension
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Noun

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נֹעַר (nó'arm

  1. defective spelling of נוער

References

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Etymology 3

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Verb

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נִעֵר (ni'ér) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ניער