Genesis 21:34:1Gen.21.34.W1TAB
וַיָּ֧גָר
vayagar
“sojourned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-GAR
- Extended
- vah-yah-GAAR
- IPA
- /vaj.jaː.ˈɣaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- sojourned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-GAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-GAR a-ve-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-ya-GAR a-ve-ra-HAM be-E-rets pe-lish-TIM ya-MIM ra-BIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol form vayagar {וַיָּ֧גָר | way-yā-gar} ‘and he sojourned’, where the prefixed vav-consecutive links this clause to the preceding narrative.
Root and etymology
g-w-rGimel–Vav–Resh
“to sojourn, dwell as a foreigner”
In context — Genesis 21:34
Abraham sojourned in Philistine territory for many days .
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:34, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֧גָר (vayagar) 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.21.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.34.W1.S1) and character.