Leviticus 17:8:7Lev.17.8.W7TAB
וּמִן־הַגֵּ֖ר
uminhager
“or from the stranger”
- Transliteration
- u-min-ha-GER
- Extended
- oo-min-hah-GEHR
- IPA
- /u.min.haˈɡer/
Meaning by language
- English
- or from the stranger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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
u-min-ha-GER
- clause
va-a-le-HEM to-MAR ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-to-KHAM
- sentence
va-a-le-HEM to-MAR ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-to-KHAM a-sher-ya-a-LEH o-LAH o-za-VAKh
Exegesis
The coordinated phrases mi-beit yisra’el {מִבֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | mib-bēt yiśrāʾēl} and u-min-ha-ger {וּמִן־הַגֵּר | u-min-ha-gēr} specify both native and resident populations.
Root and etymology
g-w-r
“to sojourn, dwell temporarily”
In context — Leviticus 17:8
And to them you shall say: “Any man from the house of Israel or from the sojourner who dwells among them, who offers up a burnt offering or a sacrifice,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 17:8, so the Hebrew word וּמִן־הַגֵּ֖ר (uminhager) 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.17.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.8.W7.S1) and character.