Proverbs 20:16:3Prov.20.16.W3TAB
זָ֑ר
zar
“a stranger”
- Transliteration
- ZAR
- Extended
- ZAAR
- IPA
- /ˈzaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a stranger
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ZAR
- clause
le-KAKH-bi-ge-DO KI-a-RAV ZAR
- sentence
le-KAKH-bi-ge-DO KI-a-RAV ZAR u-ve-AD na-khe-RIM na-khe-ri-YA kha-ve-LE-hu
Exegesis
It then presents two parallel conditions: the first, introduced by ki {כִּי | kî} functioning as a conditional conjunction, is followed by the perfect verb arav {עָ֣רַב | ‘ā-rav} ‘he becomes surety’ for a zar {זָ֑ר | zār} ‘stranger’.
Root and etymology
z-r-hz-r-h
“to scatter, winnow”
In context — Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment if he becomes surety for a stranger, and on behalf of foreigners hold him as a pledge .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 20:16, so the Hebrew word זָ֑ר (zar) 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 Prov.20.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.16.W3.S1) and character.