Deuteronomy 16:11:13Deut.16.11.W13TAB
וְהַגֵּ֛ר
vehager
“and the sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-GER
- Extended
- veh-ha-GEHR
- IPA
- /biʃʕaːˈreːxaː/
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
ve-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–vav–resh
“to sojourn; dwell as resident alien”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:11
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God —you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maidservant, the Levite who is within your gates, and the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow who are among you—in the place that the LORD your God will choose to cause His Name to dwell there.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Deuteronomy 16:11, so the Hebrew word וְהַגֵּ֛ר (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.16.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.11.W13.S1) and character.