Leviticus 19:33:3Lev.19.33.W3TAB
גֵּ֖ר
ger
“a sojourner”
- Transliteration
- GER
- Extended
- GEHR
- IPA
- /ˈɡeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sojourner
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
GER
- clause
veh-khee-yah-GUR it-teh-KHA GER beh-ar-tseh-KHEM
- sentence
veh-khee-yah-GUR it-teh-KHA GER beh-ar-tseh-KHEM LO toh-NOO o-TO
Exegesis
The noun ger {גֵּר | gēr} ‘sojourner’ serves as the subject, with the prepositional phrase itekha {אִתְּךָ | it-te-kha} ‘with you’ and the locative beartsekhem {בְּאַרְצְכֶם | bə-ʾar·tsə·ḵem} ‘in your land’ specifying place.
Root and etymology
ג־ו־ר
“to sojourn, dwell temporarily”
In context — Leviticus 19:33
And when a sojourner sojourns with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 19:33, so the Hebrew word גֵּ֖ר (ger) 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.19.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.33.W3.S1) and character.