Proverbs 20:16:5Prov.20.16.W5TAB
נכרים
nakherim
“foreigners”
- Transliteration
- na-khe-RIM
- Extended
- naa-khe-REEM
- IPA
- /naːxəˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- foreigners
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-khe-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
na-khe-RIM na-khe-ri-YA kha-ve-LE-hu
- clause
u-ve-AD na-khe-RIM na-khe-ri-YA kha-ve-LE-hu
- 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
The second condition begins with the conjunctive-prepositional phrase u-be‘ad {וּבְעַ֖ד | ū-bə-‘aḏ} ‘and on behalf of’ and involves nokrim {נָכְרִ֣ים | nā-kh-rîm} ‘foreigners’.
Root and etymology
n-kh-rnun–kaph–resh
“foreigner, outsider”
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 20:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 20:16, so the Hebrew word נכרים (nakherim) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.16.W5.S1) and character.