Original Language Studio
Psalms 37:25
“I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נַעַרnaʻar · nah'-ar
H5288 · Hebrew
H5288 · Hebrew
- Definition
- (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
- Derivation
- from H5287 (נָעַר);
- KJV renderings
- babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
- Grammar
- נַ֤עַר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 239 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:24Genesis 18:7Genesis 19:4Genesis 21:12Genesis 21:17
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 נַעַר 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.