Genesis 47:9:23Gen.47.9.W23TAB
מְגוּרֵיהֶֽם׃
megureihem
“their sojourning”
- Transliteration
- me-gu-REI-hem
- Extended
- meh-goo-REE-hehm
- IPA
- /mə.ɣuː.ˈreː.hɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their sojourning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-gu-REI-hem
- clause
me-AT ve-ra-IM ha-YU ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YAI ve-LO hi-SI-gu et-ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YEI a-vo-TAI bi-MEI me-gu-REI-hem
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-par-O ye-MEI she-NEI me-gu-RAI she-lo-SHIM u-me-AT sha-NA me-AT ve-ra-IM ha-YU ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YAI ve-LO hi-SI-gu et-ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YEI a-vo-TAI bi-MEI me-gu-REI-hem
Exegesis
The concluding temporal phrase bimē megurêhem {בִּימֵי מְגוּרֵיהֶם | bi-mê mə-gû-rê-hēm} ‘in their days of sojourning’ mirrors the opening construct and underscores the motif of pilgrimage.
Root and etymology
ג־ו־ר
“to sojourn, dwell as a foreigner”
In context — Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days comprising the years I have sojourned total one hundred and thirty. My days have been few and distressing , and they have not reached the span of years that my fathers experienced in their days of sojourning.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:9:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Genesis 47:9, so the Hebrew word מְגוּרֵיהֶֽם׃ (megureihem) 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.47.9.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.9.W23.S1) and character.