1 Chronicles 8:5:11 Chr.8.5.W1TAB
וְגֵרָ֥א
vegera
“and Gera”
- Transliteration
- ve-ge-RA
- Extended
- veh-geh-RAA
- IPA
- /vəɣeːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Gera
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ge-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ge-RA u-she-fu-FAN
- sentence
ve-ge-RA u-she-fu-FAN ve-khu-RAM
Exegesis
Each segment—vegera {וְגֵרָ֥א | wə-ḡē-rāʾ} ‘and Gera’, ushephupan {וּשְׁפוּפָ֖ן | ū-šə-pû-pān} ‘and Shephuphan’, vehuram {וְחוּרָֽם | wə-ḥū-rām} ‘and Huram’—maintains equal emphasis on each figure and preserves the original word order and rhetorical repetition.
Root and etymology
g-r-ʼgimel–resh–aleph
“sojourner”
In context — 1 Chronicles 8:5
And Gera , and Shephuphan , and Huram.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 8:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 8:5, so the Hebrew word וְגֵרָ֥א (vegera) 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.8.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.8.5.W1.S1) and character.