Leviticus 23:22:13Lev.23.22.W13TAB
וְלַגֵּר֙
velager
“and for the sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-GER
- Extended
- veh-lah-GEHR
- IPA
- /wəlaˈgeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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-la-GER
- phraseyour reading level
leh-ah-NEE ve-la-GER
- clause
leh-ah-NEE ve-la-GER ta-a-ZOV oh-TAAM a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
- sentence
oo-veh-kuts-REH-khem et-ke-TSIR arts-KHEM lo-te-kha-LEH pe-AT sahd-KHAA be-kuts-REH-kha ve-LE-ket keh-tseer-KHA LO te-la-KET leh-ah-NEE ve-la-GER ta-a-ZOV oh-TAAM a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
Beneficiaries are indicated by the prepositions le-ani {לֶעָנִי | le-ʿā-nî} ‘for the poor’ and velager {וְלַגֵּר | wə-la-gêr} ‘and for the sojourner’, reflecting social inclusion.
Root and etymology
g-r-rgimel-resh-resh
“to sojourn, reside”
In context — Leviticus 23:22
And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not finish the edge of your field in your reaping, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. For the poor and the sojourner you shall leave them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:22:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 23:22, so the Hebrew word וְלַגֵּר֙ (velager) 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.23.22.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.22.W13.S1) and character.