Leviticus 24:22:6Lev.24.22.W6TAB
כָּאֶזְרָ֖ח
kaezrakh
“as the native-born”
- Transliteration
- ka-ez-RAKH
- Extended
- kah-ehz-RAAKH
- IPA
- /kaʔɛzˈraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as the native-born
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
ka-ez-RAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ka-GER ka-ez-RAKH
- clause
mish-PAT e-KHAD yih-YEH la-KHEM ka-GER ka-ez-RAKH yih-YEH
- sentence
mish-PAT e-KHAD yih-YEH la-KHEM ka-GER ka-ez-RAKH yih-YEH KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-hee-KHEM
Exegesis
Parallel phrases kager {כַּגֵּר | ka-gēr} “as the sojourner” and kaezrach {כָּאֶזְרָח | kā-ʾeṣ-rāḥ} “as the native-born” extend the law with a repeated yihyeh, enforcing equality.
Root and etymology
Rootz-r-ch
“to shine”
In context — Leviticus 24:22
There shall be one law for you, as for the sojourner and as for the native-born, for I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 24:22, so the Hebrew word כָּאֶזְרָ֖ח (kaezrakh) 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.24.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.22.W6.S1) and character.