- נַּעֲרוּת
- נַּעֲרוּתf. (preced.) youth; vitality; puerility. Ex. R. s. 1, v. נָעַר II Nif.Kidd.IV, 14 משמרתו … בנַעֲרוּתוֹ the Law guards him from all evil while he is young. Deut. R. s. 8, end. Gen. R. s. 84 (ref. to Gen. 37:2) שהיה עושה מעשה נ׳ he acted puerilely (was vain); a. fr.Esp. maidenhood, the age or the legal status of a נַעֲרָה. Y.Yeb.I, 3a top, v. בַּגְרוּת; Kidd.4a bot. סימני נ׳ the symptoms of maidenhood (puberty); a. fr.
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