Genesis 15:13:5Gen.15.13.W5TAB
כִּי־גֵ֣ר
kiger
“that a sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ki-GER
- Extended
- kee-GEHR
- IPA
- /kiːˈgeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that a sojourner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
ki-GER
- phraseyour reading level
ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA
- clause
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM a-re-BA me-OT sha-NA
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the content clause.
In that clause ger {גֵ֣ר | gēr} functions as predicate nominal to yihyeh {יִהְיֶ֣ה | yih-yeh} ‘will be’, yielding ‘your offspring will be sojourners,’ rendered idiomatically as ‘your offspring will be sojourners.’
Root and etymology
Rootg–v–r
“to sojourn, dwell as a foreigner”
In context — Genesis 15:13
And He said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve them, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 15:13, so the Hebrew word כִּי־גֵ֣ר (kiger) 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 Gen.15.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.13.W5.S1) and character.