Genesis 17:27:7Gen.17.27.W7TAB
בֶּן־נֵכָ֑ר
bennekhar
“a foreigner”
- Transliteration
- ben-ne-KHAR
- Extended
- behn-neh-KHAAR
- IPA
- /bɛn.neː.ˈxaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a foreigner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-ne-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
me-ET ben-ne-KHAR
- clause
ve-khol-an-SHEI vei-TO ye-LID BA-yit u-mik-nat-KE-sef me-ET ben-ne-KHAR
- sentence
ve-khol-an-SHEI vei-TO ye-LID BA-yit u-mik-nat-KE-sef me-ET ben-ne-KHAR nim-MO-lu it-TO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase me-et ben nechar {מֵאֵת בֶּן־נֵכָר | mē-ʾēṯ ben nê-ḵār} “from a foreigner” qualifies the origin of the purchased servants.
Root and etymology
n-k-rnun–kaf–resh
“to recognize as foreign, be a stranger”
In context — Genesis 17:27
All the men of his household —those born in his house and those acquired with silver from a foreigner —were circumcised with him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 17:27, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־נֵכָ֑ר (bennekhar) 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.17.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.27.W7.S1) and character.