na.ur denotes youth as a person's early period, viewed as a time from which conduct, relationships, or experiences extend.

The term most often marks a person's early period as the starting point for continuing conduct, experience, or remembered history. It also occurs in descriptions of relationships associated with that period, especially a wife, companion, or husband, and in a few clauses that portray youthful condition or offspring.

1. Early period as a point of origin · dominant

   The construct forms regularly mark an earlier period from which a condition or practice extends: in Genesis 8:21 the APB renders the human heart's intention as evil "from his youth," and in 1 Samuel 12:2 it renders Samuel's walking before the people "from my youth until this day." Jeremiah 22:21 similarly places disobedience in a pattern "from your youth," while Psalm 71:17 connects divine teaching with that earlier period.

   Genesis 8:211 Samuel 12:2Jeremiah 22:21Psalm 71:17Ezekiel 4:14Isaiah 47:12
2. Remembered events and conduct of early life · common

   Several construct uses identify actions, sins, or experiences as belonging to an earlier period. In Psalm 25:7 the APB renders a plea not to remember "the sins of my youth," and in Ezekiel 16:22 it renders remembered "days of your youth" marked by nakedness and distress. Ezekiel 23:3 and Ezekiel 23:21 likewise locate the narrated conduct in that period.

   Psalm 25:7Ezekiel 16:22Ezekiel 23:3Ezekiel 23:21Job 13:26Jeremiah 31:19
3. Relationship associated with early life · occasional

   The construct form modifies persons in relationship clauses. In Malachi 2:14 the APB renders "the wife of your youth," and Proverbs 2:17 describes a woman who forsakes "the companion of her youth." Joel 1:8 similarly refers to "the husband of her youth."

   Malachi 2:14Proverbs 2:17Joel 1:8Proverbs 5:18Isaiah 54:6Malachi 2:15
4. Youthful state or persons in that period · rare

   A smaller group uses the term in clauses concerning a youthful state or those characterized by it. Psalm 103:5 says that "your youth is renewed," while Psalm 127:4 compares "the sons of youth" to arrows. In Psalm 144:12, the APB speaks of sons "in their youth."

   Psalm 103:5Psalm 127:4Psalm 144:121 Samuel 17:33Lamentations 3:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term through phrases such as "from my youth," "days of your youth," and "wife of your youth." In a few clauses it uses "youth" for a renewed condition or "sons of youth"; these renderings reflect whole-verse translation.