Lexical Definition

‎נַעֲרָה‎ naʻărâh (nah-ar-aw') maiden ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎נַעַר‎

damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).

• a girl (from infancy to adolescence)

1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant

See Greek: γυνή · δούλη · δοῦλον · δοῦλος · θεράπων · κοράσιον · παιδίσκη · παῖς · παρθένος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎נַעֲרָה‎ noun feminine girl, damsel; — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Judg 19:3 + 22 t., also Qr Gen 24:14 + 20 t. Genesis, Deuteronomy (‎נַעֲרָה‎ Kt in Pentateuch only Deut 22:19, see below); plural absolute ‎נְעָרוֺת‎ 1Sam 9:11 +, construct ‎נַעֲרוֺת‎ Esth 4:4 suffix ‎נַעֲרוֺתָיו‎ Ruth 2:22; Ruth 3:2, ‎נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ‎ Gen 24:61; Exod 2:5, etc.; —

1. girl, damsel; ‎קְטַנָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ little girl only 2Kgs 5:2, compare v2Kgs 5:4, perhaps = young daughters Job 40:29* elsewhere = young woman 1Sam 9:11 especially as marriageable, Gen 24:14; Gen 24:16; Gen 24:28; Gen 24:55; Gen 24:57; Gen 34:3; Gen 34:12 (all J), Deut 22:15 (twice in verse); Deut 22:16; Deut 22:19; Deut 22:20; Deut 22:21; Deut 22:24; Deut 22:26 (twice in verse); Deut 22:29; 1Kgs 1:3; 1Kgs 1:4; Esth 2:4; Esth 2:7; Esth 2:8; Esth 2:9; Esth 2:12 (twice in verse); Esth 2:13 specifically virgin ‎בְּתוּלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Judg 21:12; Deut 22:23; Deut 22:28; 1Kgs 1:2; Esth 2:2; Esth 2:3 (compare Deut 22:15b; Deut 22:20); ‎מְאֹרָשָׂה‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ betrothed girl Deut 22:25; Deut 22:27 young widow Ruth 2:6; Ruth 4:12 of a concubine Judg 19:3; Judg 19:4; Judg 19:5; Judg 19:6; Judg 19:8; Judg 19:9, a prostitute Amos 2:7.

2. of female attendants, maids (always plural), Gen 24:61 (J), Exod 2:5 (E), 1Sam 25:42; Prov 9:3; Prov 27:27; Prov 31:15; Esth 2:9 (twice in verse); Esth 4:4; Esth 4:16 gleaners Ruth 2:5; Ruth 2:8; Ruth 2:22; Ruth 2:23; Ruth 3:2. —

Note. ‎נער‎ Kt in Pentateuch as feminine (Qr ‎נַעֲרָ֯‎) is probably not original; it is not found in Sam. Pentateuch, and feminine plural ‎נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ‎ occurs Genesis, Exodus; compare Ges^{«GKC:2n»§§ 2n}, «GKC:17c»17c.

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