Deuteronomy 14:29:8Deut.14.29.W8TAB
וְ֠הַגֵּר
vehager
“and the sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-GER
- Extended
- veh-ha-GEER
- IPA
- /vɛhaˈgeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the sojourner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-GER
- clause
u-VA ha-le-VI KI EIN-LO KHE-lek ve-na-kha-LA im-MAKH ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA ve-akh-LU ve-sa-VE-u
- sentence
u-VA ha-le-VI KI EIN-LO KHE-lek ve-na-kha-LA im-MAKH ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA ve-akh-LU ve-sa-VE-u le-MA-an ye-va-re-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-KHOL-ma-a-SEH yad-KHA a-SHER ta-a-SE
Exegesis
The asyndetic list ve-ha-ger ve-ha-yatom ve-ha-almānā {וְהַגֵּר וְהַיָּתוֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָה} ‘and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow’ shares the verb uva.
Root and etymology
“to sojourn or dwell”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:29
And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the sojourner , and the orphan, and the widow who are within your gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 14:29, so the Hebrew word וְ֠הַגֵּר (vehager) 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 Deut.14.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.29.W8.S1) and character.