Deuteronomy 18:6:7Deut.18.6.W7TAB
גָּ֣ר
gar
“sojourns”
- Transliteration
- GAR
- Extended
- GAAR
- IPA
- /ˈgaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- sojourns
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GAR
- phraseyour reading level
GAR SHAM
- clause
ve-khi-ya-VO ha-le-VI me-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA mi-KOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-hu GAR SHAM
- sentence
ve-khi-ya-VO ha-le-VI me-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA mi-KOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-hu GAR SHAM u-VA be-KHOL-a-VAT naf-SHO el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher hu gar sham {אֲשֶׁר־הוּא גָּר שָׁם | ʾă-šer hūʾ gār šām} ‘where he sojourns’ links residence to the ensuing action.
Root and etymology
g-rgimel–resh
“to dwell, sojourn temporarily”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:6
And when the Levite comes from one of your gates in all Israel, where he sojourns, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD will choose.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 18:6, so the Hebrew word גָּ֣ר (gar) 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.18.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.6.W7.S1) and character.