Judges 19:16:11Judg.19.16.W11TAB
וְהוּא־גָ֖ר
vehugar
“and he was sojourning”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU-GAR
- Extended
- veh-HOO-GAAR
- IPA
- /vəh.uː.ˈɣaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was sojourning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HU-GAR
- clause
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A
- sentence
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM be-NE ye-mi-NI
Exegesis
The conjunction vehu {וְהוּא | wə-hû} introduces the verb gar {גָּר | gār} with the locative bagivah {בַּגִּבְעָה | ba-gi-‘ă-hā}.
Root and etymology
g-w-rg-w-r
“to sojourn, dwell as an alien”
In context — Judges 19:16
And behold, an old man came from his work in the field at evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjaminites .
About this coordinate
Judges 19:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 19:16, so the Hebrew word וְהוּא־גָ֖ר (vehugar) 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 Judg.19.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.16.W11.S1) and character.