נער

נַעַרm. (b. h.; preced., cmp. נְעוֹרֶת, a. meanings of דַּק, דַּרְדְּקָא, זְעֵר ) tender, young; lad. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 1 שיתכבד הזקן בַּנַּ׳ that the old may be honored by the young. Ex. R. s. 1 ילד היה ומנהגו כנ׳ he was a child, but his behavior was like that of a lad; a. fr.Pl. נְעָרִים. Yoma 75b לנ׳ לחםוכ׳ the manna was bread to the young, oil to the old Tanḥ. Shmini 11 אם נ׳ הםוכ׳ if they (the elders) are young , v. קָפַץ. Ib. הבחורים והנ׳ the young men and the lads. Sot.46b נ׳ היו ובזבזווכ׳ they were young men, but behaved contemptibly like children; a. fr.Fem. נַעֲרָה lass, maid, esp. (law) a girl between twelve and twelve and a half years of age, v. בַּגְרוּת. Esth. R. to V, 1; a. fr.Keth.III, 8, contrad. to בוגרת a. קטנה. Ib. IV, 1; a. fr.Pl. נְעָרוֹת, constr. נַעֲרוֹת. Ib. III, 1 (29a). Esth. R. l. c. שתי נַעֲרוֹתֶיהָ her two maids; a. fr.