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  • From: "Tony Costa" <tmcos AT hotmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: 2 Kings 2:23-24
  • Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 18:03:49


Dear Friends,

I just had a question regarding the use of N'ARIM QITANIM at 2 Kings 2:23-24. The AV translated it "little children", but other translations render it "young men". I notice that this word N'AR is also used of Joseph when he was only 17 years old (Gen 37:2) and also used of Solomon even when he had become a father. (1 Chron 22:5 cf.1 Kings 14:21; 2 Chron 9:30). The LXX used PAIDARIA MIKRA, and the word PAIDA seems to be the common Greek term for a child at least most of the time. Does N'AR denote a youth, young man or a young child, or is this whole question based on context?

Tony Costa
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