BDB5279
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 2Kgs 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 22:15
b; 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.