Numbers 15:26:5Num.15.26.W5TAB
וְלַגֵּ֖ר
velager
“and to the sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-GER
- Extended
- veh-lah-GEHR
- IPA
- /vəlageˈr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the sojourner
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-nis-LAKH le-KHOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM
- sentence
ve-nis-LAKH le-KHOL-a-DAT be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM KI le-KHOL-ha-AM bish-ga-GAH
Exegesis
A parallel recipient is introduced by ve-lager ha-gar {וְלַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֣ר | wə-lăg-gêr ha-gaŕ} ‘and to the sojourner’, where the participle hagar denotes ongoing residence, and be-tokham {בְּתוֹכָ֑ם | bə-tō-khaḿ} ‘among them’ emphasizes integration.
Root and etymology
g-r-rgimel-resh-resh
“to sojourn”
In context — Numbers 15:26
And it will be forgiven to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and to the sojourner who sojourns among them, because the entire people acted in error.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 15:26, 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.15.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.26.W5.S1) and character.