Numbers 15:29:4Num.15.29.W4TAB
וְלַגֵּ֖ר
velager
“and for the sojourner”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-GER
- Extended
- veh-lah-GEHR
- IPA
- /vəlaˈgeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for 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
ha-ez-RAKH biv-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM
- sentence
ha-ez-RAKH biv-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-la-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM to-RAH a-KHAT yih-YEH la-KHEM la-o-SEH bish-ga-GAH
Exegesis
A parallel structure introduces ve-lager hagar betokham {וְלַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֣ר בְּתוֹכָ֑ם | wə-laggêr hā-gâr bə-to-kham} ‘and the foreigner who sojourns among them’, extending the statute to resident aliens.
Root and etymology
ג־ו־ר
“to sojourn”
In context — Numbers 15:29
The native-born among the children of Israel and the foreigner who sojourns among them shall have one law for whoever acts unintentionally.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 15:29, 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.15.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.29.W4.S1) and character.