childhood 05271 ## na` uwr {naw-oor'} ; or na` ur {naw-oor'} ; and (feminine) n@` urah {neh-oo-raw'} ; properly , passive participle from 05288 as denominative ; (only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth , the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people) : -- {childhood} , youth .