1 Kings 17:20:91 Kgs.17.20.W9TAB
מִתְגּוֹרֵ֥ר
mitgorer
“am sojourning”
- Transliteration
- mit-go-RE-r
- Extended
- miht-goh-REE-rehr
- IPA
- /mit.ɡoːˈreːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- am sojourning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-go-RE-r
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA
- clause
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
Exegesis
A circumstantial clause is formed by the Hitpael participle mittəgōrēr {מִתְגּוֹרֵ֥ר | mittəgōrēr}, indicating Elijah’s provisional residence.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–vav–resh
“sojourn”
In context — 1 Kings 17:20
And he called to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God , is it also on the widow with whom I am sojourning, that You have brought harm by causing her son to die?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 17:20, so the Hebrew word מִתְגּוֹרֵ֥ר (mitgorer) 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 Kgs.17.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.20.W9.S1) and character.