Leviticus 22:25:2Lev.22.25.W2TAB
בֶּן־נֵכָ֗ר
bennekhar
“foreigner”
- Transliteration
- ben-ne-KHAR
- Extended
- behn-neh-KHAAR
- IPA
- /bɛn.neˈxaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- foreigner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-ne-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
oo-mi-YAD ben-ne-KHAR
- clause
oo-mi-YAD ben-ne-KHAR LO tak-REE-VOO et-LE-khem eh-loh-ee-KHEM mik-KOL-EH-leh
- sentence
oo-mi-YAD ben-ne-KHAR LO tak-REE-VOO et-LE-khem eh-loh-ee-KHEM mik-KOL-EH-leh KI mash-kha-TAM ba-HEM MOOM BAM LO ye-ra-TSU la-KHEM
Exegesis
The construct ben-nekar {בֶּן־נֵכָ֗ר | ben-nēḵar} ‘son of a foreigner’ specifies a non-Israelite source.
Root and etymology
Bet-Nunbet-nun
“son, child, descendant”
In context — Leviticus 22:25
And from the hand of a foreigner you shall not bring the bread of your God from any of these, for their corruption is in them; a defect is in them, and they will not be accepted for you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 22:25, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־נֵכָ֗ר (bennekhar) 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.22.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.25.W2.S1) and character.