Exodus 23:9:1Exod.23.9.W1TAB
וְגֵ֖ר
veger
“{And} a sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ve-GER
- Extended
- veh-GEHR
- IPA
- /və.ˈɣeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} a 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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-GER
- clause
ve-GER LO til-KHATS
- sentence
ve-GER LO til-KHATS ve-at-TEM ye-da-TEM et-NE-fesh ha-GER ki-ge-RIM he-yi-TEM be-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunctive continuation veger {וְגֵ֖ר | wə-gēr}, linking this law to the preceding statutes.
Root and etymology
g-w-rgimel–waw–resh
“to dwell as a foreigner”
In context — Exodus 23:9
You shall not oppress the foreigner, for you know the soul of the foreigner and you yourselves were strangers in the land .
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 23:9, so the Hebrew word וְגֵ֖ר (veger) 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.23.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.9.W1.S1) and character.