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Genesis 24:16
“And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נַעֲרָהnaʻărâh · nah-ar-aw'
H5291 · Hebrew
H5291 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
- Derivation
- feminine of H5288 (נַעַר);
- KJV renderings
- damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַֽ — particle (definite article)
- נַּעֲרָ֗ — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 76 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:14Genesis 24:28Genesis 24:55Genesis 24:57Genesis 24:61
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נַעֲרָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.