Leviticus 18:26:11Lev.18.26.W11TAB
וְהַגֵּ֖ר
vehager
“and the sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-GER
- Extended
- veh-hah-GEHR
- IPA
- /və.hagˈgeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the sojourner
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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
ve-ha-GER
- clause
ha-ez-RAKH ve-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toch-KHEM
- sentence
u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ve-LO ta-a-SU mi-KOL ha-to-eh-VOHT ha-EL-leh ha-ez-RAKH ve-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toch-KHEM
Exegesis
The subject pair ha-ezrach ve-hager ha-gar {הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח וְהַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר | hā-ʾēzrāḥ wə-hā-gēr hā-gār} “the native and the foreigner who dwells” is unified under the phrase be-tochechem {בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם | bə-tōkəḵem}, stressing equal application of the law. Syntactically, the coordination of positive and negative commands with parallel subjects underscores both the scope and the universal obligation of Israel’s covenant community.
Root and etymology
g-w-rGimel, Waw, Resh
“to sojourn, dwell as alien”
In context — Leviticus 18:26
But you shall keep my statutes and my rules, and none of you shall do any of these abominations , neither the native nor the sojourner who dwells among you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:26:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 18:26, so the Hebrew word וְהַגֵּ֖ר (vehager) 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.18.26.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.26.W11.S1) and character.