נָעוּר

נְעוּרִים noun [masculine] plural youth, early life; — absolute ׳נ Es 54,6; Sl 127,4 elsewhere suffix נְעֻרַי 1 Sam 12,2, נְעוּרַי Job 31,18 +, נְעֻרֶיךָ 2 Sam 19,8, נְעוּרֶיךָ Ord 5,18 +, נְעוּרַיִךְ Jer 2,2 +, נְעוּרָ֑יְכִי Sl 103,5, נְעוּרֵיהֶן Ezk 23,3, etc.; — youth, early life, especially in phrase ׳מִנּ from one's youth up 1 Mos 8,21 (J), 1 Sam 17,33; 1 Kong 18,12; Jer 3,24; Zak 13,5; Job 31,18 (extreme youth; || מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי); figurative of Babylon Es 47,12; Es 47,15, Moab Jer 48,11, Judah Jer 22,21 compare Sl 71,5; Sl 71,17; Sl 129,1; Sl 129,2 וְעַדעַֿתָּה ׳מִנּ 1 Mos 46,34 (J), 2 Sam 19,8; Ezk 4,14 וְעַדהַֿיּוֺם הַזֶּה ׳מִנּ 1 Sam 12,2; Jer 3,25 as time in or during which 3 Mos 22,13 (H), 4 Mos 30,4; 4 Mos 30,17 (P), Klg 3,27; Sl 144,12, figurative of Judah and Samaria, personified, Ezk 23,2; Ezk 23,8 compare ׳יְמֵי נ (in figurative of Israel) Hos 2,17 (|| יוֺם עֲלוֺתָהּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם), Ezk 16,22; Ezk 16,43; Ezk 16,60; Ezk 23,19 other phrase are: ׳אַלּוּף נ Jer 3,4 friend of my youth, compare Ord 2,17, ׳עֲוֺנוֺת נ Job 13,26, ׳חַטּאֹות נ Sl 25,7, ׳חֶסֶד נ Jer 2,2, ׳חֶרְפַּת נ Jer 31,19, ׳זִמַּת נ Ezk 23,21, ׳שְׁדֵי נ vEzk 23,21, ׳בַּעַל נ Joel 1,8, and especially ׳אֵשֶׁת נ Ord 5,18; Mal 2,14; Mal 2,15; Es 54,6 (figurative); ׳בְּנֵי נ Sl 127,4 sons of (a man's) youth; = youthful vigour Sl 103,5.