Isaiah 14:1:11Isa.14.1.W11TAB
הַגֵּר֙
hager
“the sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ha-GER
- Extended
- hah-GEER
- IPA
- /haˈgeːr/
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
ve-nil-VA ha-GER
- clause
ve-nil-VA ha-GER a-le-HEM ve-nis-pe-KHU al-BET ya-a-KOV
- sentence
KI ye-ra-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH ET-ya-a-KOV u-va-KHAR OD be-yis-ra-EL ve-hin-ni-KHAM al-ad-ma-TAM ve-nil-VA ha-GER a-le-HEM ve-nis-pe-KHU al-BET ya-a-KOV
Exegesis
Parallel Nifal forms venillivah {וְנִלְוָ֤ה | wə-nil-lə-wā} ‘and He will join Himself’ and venispechu {וְנִסְפְּח֖וּ | wə-nis-pə-ḥû} ‘and they will be joined’ depict inclusion of the sojourner hager {הַגֵּר֙ | ha-ḡēr} ‘resident foreigner’.
Root and etymology
ג־ו־ר
“sojourner”
In context — Isaiah 14:1
For the LORD will show mercy to Jacob; He will choose Israel again and bring them back to their own land. The sojourner will attach himself to them, and they will be joined to the house of Jacob.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 14:1, so the Hebrew word הַגֵּר֙ (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 Isa.14.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.1.W11.S1) and character.