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

Nunn as in new
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-khe-RIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    na-khe-RIM na-khe-ri-YA kha-ve-LE-hu

  3. clause

    u-ve-AD na-khe-RIM na-khe-ri-YA kha-ve-LE-hu

  4. 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 contextProverbs 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.