Leviticus 17:12:10Lev.17.12.W10TAB
הַגָּ֥ר
hagar
“who sojourns”
- Transliteration
- ha-GAR
- Extended
- hah-GAAR
- IPA
- /ha.ˈgaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who sojourns
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-GAR
- phraseyour reading level
ha-GAR beh-TOHK-khe-KHEM
- clause
veh-ha-GEHR ha-GAR beh-TOHK-khe-KHEM loh-YO-KHAL DAM
- sentence
al-KEN ah-mar-TEE liv-NEH yis-ra-EL kol-NE-fesh mi-KEM loh-TO-KHAL DAM veh-ha-GEHR ha-GAR beh-TOHK-khe-KHEM loh-YO-KHAL DAM
Exegesis
The conjunction wə-hag-gēr {וְהַגֵּר | wə-hag-gēr} links a parallel clause introduced by the participle hagar {הַגָּר | hag-gār} ‘sojourner,’ extending the prohibition to resident aliens.
Root and etymology
g-w-rgimel–vav–resh
“to sojourn; stranger”
In context — Leviticus 17:12
Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, “Every soul among you shall not eat blood, and the sojourner who sojourns among you shall not eat blood.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 17:12, so the Hebrew word הַגָּ֥ר (hagar) 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.17.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.12.W10.S1) and character.