Exodus 23:9:7Exod.23.9.W7TAB
הַגֵּ֔ר
hager
“the sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ha-GER
- Extended
- hah-GEHR
- IPA
- /ha.ˈgeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sojourner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-GER
- phraseyour reading level
et-NE-fesh ha-GER
- clause
ve-at-TEM ye-da-TEM et-NE-fesh ha-GER ki-ge-RIM he-yi-TEM be-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- 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 idiomatic phrase et nefesh ha-ger {אֶת־נֶ֣פֶשׁ הַגֵּ֔ר | ʾet ne-phēš ha-gēr} emphasizes the personal worth of the foreigner.
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 23:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 23:9, so the Hebrew word הַגֵּ֔ר (hager) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.9.W7.S1) and character.