נַעַרnaʻar

a wanderer

Pronunciation: nah'-ar · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5289

Meanings

1. boy, lad, youth

2. retainer (Genesis 37:2; 1 Samuel 2:13; Judges 19:3)

1. boy, lad, youth

a. of infant (Exodus 2:6; Judges 13:5; Judges 13:7)

b. of lad just weaned (1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Samuel 1:25; 1 Samuel 1:27)

c. = youth (Genesis 21:12; Genesis 22:5; Genesis 22:12)

d. with special stress on youthfulness (Judges 8:20; 1 Samuel 17:33; 1 Samuel 17:42)

e. of marriageable age (Genesis 34:19; 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 18:12)

2. servant, retainer

a. = personal attendant, household servant (Numbers 22:22; Judges 7:10; Judges 7:11)

b. = retainer, follower (Genesis 14:24; 1 Samuel 25:5; 2 Samuel 2:14)

Same root

נָעַרnâʻar · H5287to tumble about

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Zechariah 11:16 This illustrates how I will give this nation a shepherd who will not care for those who are dying, nor look after the young, nor heal the injured, nor feed the healthy. Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep and tear off their hooves.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).