how to say “youth (period in one’s life)” in Hebrew
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There’s that beautiful, difficult, confusing, exhilarating time in our life that when we grow older we’re bound to look back on nostalgically…
The most common Hebrew word for youth is נְעוּרִים ( ), deriving from the words for youngster – נַעַר ( ) for a male and נַעֲרָה ( ) for a female. נעורים usually has a word introducing it as a period of time or an age.
), deriving from the words for youngster – נַעַר ( ) for a male and נַעֲרָה ( ) for a female. נעורים usually has a word introducing it as a period of time or an age.For example:
גִּיל הַנְּעוּרִים הוּא תְּקוּפָה בִּלְתִּי נִשְׁכַּחַת.
The age of youth is an unforgettable time.
A couple of usages of the word:
מֶרֶד גִּיל הַנְּעוּרִים
teenage rebellion (literally, rebellion of the age of youth)
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)שֵׁם נְעוּרִים
maiden name (literally, name of youth)
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The name of a classic Modern Hebrew song by Shalom Hanoch:
אַהֲבַת נְעוּרָי
The Love of My Youth
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)Another more technical term for this period in English is adolescence, which translates to גִּיל הַהִתְבַּגְּרוּת ( ) in Hebrew.
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