Deuteronomy 24:21:7Deut.24.21.W7TAB
לַגֵּ֛ר
lager
“for the sojourner”
- Transliteration
- la-GER
- Extended
- lah-GEHR
- IPA
- /laˈgeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the sojourner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-GER
- clause
la-GER la-ya-TOM ve-la-al-ma-NA yih-YE
- sentence
KI tiv-TSOR kar-me-KHA LO te-o-LEL a-cha-RE-kha la-GER la-ya-TOM ve-la-al-ma-NA yih-YE
Exegesis
The prepositional sequence la-ger, la-yatom, ve-la-almanah {לַגֵּר לַיָּת֥וֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה | la gēr, la yā-tôm, wə-lā-ʾal-ma-nāh} specifies three vulnerable groups as beneficiaries.
Root and etymology
g-w-rgimel–vav–resh
“sojourner, resident alien”
In context — Deuteronomy 24:21
When you harvest your vineyard, you shall not glean after you; it shall be for the foreigner , for the orphan, and for the widow.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 24:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 24:21, so the Hebrew word לַגֵּ֛ר (lager) 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.24.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.24.21.W7.S1) and character.