Leviticus 16:29:15Lev.16.29.W15TAB
וְהַגֵּ֖ר
vehhager
“and the stranger”
- Transliteration
- veh-ha-GER
- Extended
- veh-hah-GEHR
- IPA
- /vəhagˈeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the stranger
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
veh-ha-GER
- clause
ba-KHO-desh hash-vEE-EE be-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh teh-ah-NU et-naf-SHOH-TEI-khem veh-KHOHL-meh-la-KHAH loh teh-ah-SU ha-ez-RAKH veh-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toh-KHEM
- sentence
veh-hah-yeh-TAH la-KHEM leh-KHOO-KAT oh-LAAM ba-KHO-desh hash-vEE-EE be-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh teh-ah-NU et-naf-SHOH-TEI-khem veh-KHOHL-meh-la-KHAH loh teh-ah-SU ha-ez-RAKH veh-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toh-KHEM
Exegesis
The prohibition ve-khol-melakhah lo ta'asu {וְכָל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ | wə-ḵōl-me-lā-ḵā lōʾ ta-ʿă-sū} is absolute, including haezrach {הָאֶזְרָ֔ח | hā-ʾe-zrā-ḥ} ‘native-born’ and ve-ha-ger ha-gar {וְהַגֵּר הַגָּר | wə-ha-gēr ha-gār} ‘the sojourner,’ with the participle of hagar emphasizing ongoing residence. English renders the sequence in segmented clauses to preserve legal nuance and communal scope.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel-vav-resh
“sojourner, resident alien”
In context — Leviticus 16:29
And it shall be for you an everlasting statute ; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls , and you shall do no work of any kind, whether native-born or sojourner among you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:29:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Leviticus 16:29, so the Hebrew word וְהַגֵּ֖ר (vehhager) 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 Lev.16.29.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.29.W15.S1) and character.