Leviticus 25:23:7Lev.25.23.W7TAB
כִּֽי־גֵרִ֧ים
keegehreem
“for strangers”
- Transliteration
- kee-geh-REEM
- Extended
- kee-geh-REEM
- IPA
- /kiː.ɡeˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for strangers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kee-geh-REEM
- phraseyour reading level
kee-geh-REEM veh-toh-sha-VEEM
- clause
kee-geh-REEM veh-toh-sha-VEEM a-TEM im-ma-DEE
- sentence
veh-hah-A-rets LO tih-ma-KHEHR lits-mi-TUT kee-LEE ha-A-rets kee-geh-REEM veh-toh-sha-VEEM a-TEM im-ma-DEE
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces the causal clause ki-li ha-arets {כִּי־לִ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ | kî-lī hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘for the land is Mine’, where the pronominal suffix on lī asserts divine ownership.
A second causal clause marked by ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} leads to the contrasting predicate with gerim {גֵרִ֧ים | gērîm} ‘sojourners’ and vetoshavim {וְתוֹשָׁבִ֛ים | wə-ṯô-šā-vîm} ‘and resident aliens’ tied to imadi {עִמָּדִֽי | ʿim-mā-dî} ‘with me’. The repetition of ‘the land’ underscores divine possession versus human tenancy under divine care.
Root and etymology
g-w-rgimel–vav–resh
“sojourn, dwell temporarily”
In context — Leviticus 25:23
And the land shall not be sold for extinction , for the land is Mine ; for you are sojourners and resident aliens with Me.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 25:23, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־גֵרִ֧ים (keegehreem) 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.25.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.23.W7.S1) and character.