Deuteronomy 16:14:9Deut.16.14.W9TAB
וְהַגֵּ֛ר
vehager
“and the sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-GER
- Extended
- veh-hah-GEHR
- IPA
- /vəhagˈgeːr/
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
a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-EKHA ve-av-DEKHA va-a-ma-TEKHA ve-ha-LE-vi ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH-ta be-kha-GEKHA a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-EKHA ve-av-DEKHA va-a-ma-TEKHA ve-ha-LE-vi ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–vav–resh
“to sojourn; dwell as resident alien”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:14
And you shall rejoice in your festival—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner , the orphan, and the widow who is within your gates.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 16:14, 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.16.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.14.W9.S1) and character.