נַעֲרָה
naʿărâ
girl
Strong's H5291NounHebrewTWOT 1389c

נַעֲרָה (naʿărâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning girl. It appears 76 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5291).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1389c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1389c)girl, damsel; maids; maiden, young
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נַעֲרָה noun, feminine: girl, damsel

Strong's H5291 נַעֲרָה: a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
KJV:damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1389: נער nʿr — Root of: נְעוּרוֹת youth; נְעוּרִים youth, early life; נַ֫עַר boy, lad, youth, retainer; נֹ֫עַר youth, early life; נַעֲרָה girl, damsel

See it in Scripture

Genesis 24:14Exodus 2:5Judges 19:3

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