1 Chronicles 22:2:41 Chr.22.2.W4TAB
אֶת־הַגֵּרִ֔ים
ethagerim
“{direct object} the sojourners”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-ge-RIM
- Extended
- EET-hah-geh-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.hag.geːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the sojourners
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-ha-ge-RIM
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID likh-NOS ET-ha-ge-RIM a-SHER be-E-rets yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID likh-NOS ET-ha-ge-RIM a-SHER be-E-rets yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-MED KHO-tse-VIM lakh-TSOV av-NEI ga-ZIT liv-NOT BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The infinitive likhnos {לִכְנוֹס֙ | liḵnōs} ‘to gather’ introduces the direct object et-hagerim {אֶת־הַגֵּרִ֔ים | ʾet-haggērīm} ‘resident aliens’.
Root and etymology
Rootg-u-r
“to sojourn, dwell”
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:2
And David commanded that all the foreigners in the land of Israel be gathered, and he appointed stonecutters to cut hewn stones for building the house of God .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 22:2, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַגֵּרִ֔ים (ethagerim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.22.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.2.W4.S1) and character.