Leviticus 19:34:5Lev.19.34.W5TAB
הַגֵּ֣ר
hager
“the stranger”
- Transliteration
- ha-GER
- Extended
- hah-GEHR
- IPA
- /haˈɡeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the stranger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-GER
- phraseyour reading level
ha-GER ha-GAR it-te-KHEM
- clause
keh-EZ-RAKH mih-KEM yih-YEH la-KHEM ha-GER ha-GAR it-te-KHEM veh-ah-HAV-TA LO kah-MO-kha kee-geh-REEM heh-yee-TEM be-EH-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
keh-EZ-RAKH mih-KEM yih-YEH la-KHEM ha-GER ha-GAR it-te-KHEM veh-ah-HAV-TA LO kah-MO-kha kee-geh-REEM heh-yee-TEM be-EH-rets mits-RA-yim a-NI Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-hee-KHEM
Exegesis
The verb yihyeh {יִהְיֶה | yiḥyéh} ‘he shall be’ links this standard to hager {הַגֵּר | hagger} ‘the sojourner,’ which is reiterated by the participle hagar {הַגָּר | hagār} ‘one sojourning,’ forming a nominal clause.
Root and etymology
ג־ו־ר
“to dwell, sojourn”
In context — Leviticus 19:34
As the native-born among you, the foreigner who sojourns with you shall be like one born among you; and you shall love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 19:34, so the Hebrew word הַגֵּ֣ר (hager) 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.19.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.34.W5.S1) and character.