Naar (נער) means teenager in Hebrew.
It can also mean adolescent. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
teenager, adolescent
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Naar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אדם צעיר שכבר אינו ילד אך עדיין לא הגיע לבגרות. על פי רוב בגיל 12-15.
וְשָׁם אִתָּנוּ נַעַר עִבְרִי, עֶבֶד לְשַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים, וַנְּסַפֶּר-לוֹ, וַיִּפְתָּר-לָנוּ אֶת-חֲלֹמֹתֵינוּ.
- 2עבד, משרת, פקיד.
וַיֹּאמֶר בֹּעַז לְנַעֲרוֹ, הַנִּצָּב עַל-הַקּוֹצְרִים; לְמִי הַנַּעֲרָה הַזֹּאת?
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Naar is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- נַעַר
- Written without vowel points
- נער
- Said
- naar
- Root
- נ־ע־ר
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- נְעָרִים
- Inflections
- נַעַר־; ר' נְעָרִים; ס' נַעֲרֵי־
- Gematria
- 320
This is how Naar is said in other languages.
- English
- teenager, adolescent
- Arabic
- مراهق, فتى
- Russian
- юноша
- French
- jeune
- Spanish
- adolescente, joven
- German
- Jugendliche
These words mean nearly the same as Naar.
- צעירyoung
- עלם
- מתבגר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Naar.
- זקן
- קשישelderly
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Naar.
The word Naar is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אל הנער הזה התפללתי
- נער הייתי וגם זקנתי
- נערי האוצר
- נער לווי
- נערי רפול
- נער שליחויות
- נער שעשועים
- לאט לי לנער
- נער תא
- נער סיפון
- נער הקברניט
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Naar comes from the root נ־ע־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Naar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Naar.
What does Naar (נער) mean in Hebrew?
Naar (נער) means teenager and adolescent. It is said naar, with the stress on na.
What is a synonym for Naar (נער)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Naar (נער) are צעיר, עלם, and מתבגר.
What is the opposite of Naar (נער)?
Words that mean the opposite of Naar (נער) are זקן and קשיש.
What rhymes with Naar (נער)?
Words that rhyme with Naar (נער) include שער, צער, יער, שער, בער, and סער.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry נער of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.