Leviticus 17:15:7Lev.17.15.W7TAB
וּבַגֵּ֑ר
oovager
“or sojourner”
- Transliteration
- oo-va-GER
- Extended
- oo-vah-GEHR
- IPA
- /u.vaˈɡeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- or sojourner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
oo-va-GER
- clause
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER
- sentence
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER veh-ki-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-E-rev veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases baezrach uvager {בָּאֶזְרָח וּבַגֵּר | bā-ʾe-zrā-ḥ ū-bə-ḡēr} equally apply the rule to natives and sojourners.
Root and etymology
g-w-r
“to sojourn, dwell temporarily”
In context — Leviticus 17:15
And any person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts , whether among the native-born or among the sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 17:15, so the Hebrew word וּבַגֵּ֑ר (oovager) 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.17.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.15.W7.S1) and character.