Joshua 20:9:8Josh.20.9.W8TAB
וְלַגֵּר֙
velager
“and for the foreigner”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-GER
- Extended
- veh-lah-GEHR
- IPA
- /vɛlaˈgeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for the foreigner
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ve-la-GER
- clause
E-leh ha-YU a-REI ha-mu-a-DAH le-KOL be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM la-NUS sha-MAH kol-ma-KE-ne-FESH bish-ga-GAH
- sentence
E-leh ha-YU a-REI ha-mu-a-DAH le-KOL be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM la-NUS sha-MAH kol-ma-KE-ne-FESH bish-ga-GAH ve-LO ya-MUT be-YAD go-EL ha-DAM ad-am-DO lif-NEI ha-e-DAH
Exegesis
Scope expansion occurs through coordinated prepositional phrases with ləkhol {לְכֹל | ləkhol} ‘for all’ and wəlagger {וְלַגֵּר | wəlagger} ‘and the foreigner’, reinforced by haggār {הַגָּר | haggār} ‘sojourning resident’.
Root and etymology
Rootg-w-r
“to sojourn, dwell as stranger”
In context — Joshua 20:9
These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel and for the foreigner living among them, so that anyone who struck a life unintentionally could flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stood before the congregation.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 20:9, so the Hebrew word וְלַגֵּר֙ (velager) 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 Josh.20.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.9.W8.S1) and character.