Numbers 15:16:7Num.15.16.W7TAB
וְלַגֵּ֖ר
velager
“and for the foreigner”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-GER
- Extended
- veh-lah-GEER
- IPA
- /vəlaˈgeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for the foreigner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
- clause
ve-la-GER ha-GAR it-KHEM
- sentence
to-RA a-KHAT u-mish-PAT e-KHAD yih-YE la-KHEM ve-la-GER ha-GAR it-KHEM
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect yihyeh {יִהְיֶה | yiḥ-yēh} ‘it shall be’ functions as a copulative verb linking the subject to the beneficiary phrases lakhem {לָכֶם | lā-ḵem} ‘for you’ and ve-la-ger ha-gar ittekhem {וְלַגֵּר הַגָּר אִתְּכֶם | wə-la-ḡēr ha-ḡār it-te-ḵem} ‘and for the sojourner who sojourns with you,’ a parallel structure indicating inclusive application.
Root and etymology
g-w-rgimel-vav-resh
“to sojourn, reside”
In context — Numbers 15:16
One law and one judgment shall be for you and for the sojourner who sojourns with you.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 15:16, so the Hebrew word וְלַגֵּ֖ר (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 Num.15.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.16.W7.S1) and character.