Leviticus 17:12:9Lev.17.12.W9TAB
וְהַגֵּ֛ר
vehhagehr
“and the stranger”
- Transliteration
- veh-ha-GEHR
- Extended
- veh-ha-GEHR
- IPA
- /və.ha.ˈgeːr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ha-GEHR
- 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 17:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 17:12, so the Hebrew word וְהַגֵּ֛ר (vehhagehr) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.12.W9.S1) and character.