Exodus 18:3:13Exod.18.3.W13TAB
נָכְרִיָּֽה׃
nakhriya
“foreign”
- Transliteration
- na-khri-YA
- Extended
- nah-khree-YAA
- IPA
- /naːx.rijˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- foreign
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-khri-YA
- clause
a-SHER SHEM ha-e-KHAD ger-SHOM KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets na-khri-YA
- sentence
ve-ET she-NEI va-NE-ha a-SHER SHEM ha-e-KHAD ger-SHOM KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets na-khri-YA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase b’erets nokhriyah {בְּאֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּה | bə-ʾe-reṣ nō-ḵri-yāh} ‘in a foreign land’ completes the clause, with nokhriyah intensifying the sense of alien residence.
Root and etymology
נ־כ־ר
“to regard as foreign”
In context — Exodus 18:3
And her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 18:3, so the Hebrew word נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ (nakhriya) 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 Exod.18.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.3.W13.S1) and character.