Exodus 2:22:8Exod.2.22.W8PAT

גֵּ֣ר

ger

a sojourner

Transliteration
GER
Extended
GEHR
IPA
/ˈgeːr/

Meaning by language

English
a sojourner
French
un étranger
Spanish
un extranjero
Portuguese
um estrangeiro
German
ein Fremdling
Russian
пришельцем
Arabic-Simplified
غريبًا
Hindi
परदेशी
Chinese-Simplified
寄居者
Korean
나그네
Indonesian
seorang pendatang
Bengali
এক পরদেশী
Tagalog
isang dayuhan
Swahili
mgeni
Amharic
መጻተኛ
Yoruba
àjèjì
Igbo
onye ọbịa
Twi
ɔhɔhoɔ
Ewe
amedzro

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    GER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    GER ha-YI-ti

  3. clause

    KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets nokh-ri-YA

  4. sentence

    va-TE-led BEN va-yik-RA et-she-MO ger-SHOM KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets nokh-ri-YA

In contextExodus 2:22

and she bore a son and he called his name Gershom for he said a sojourner I have been in a land foreign

About this coordinate

Exodus 2:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 2:22, so the Hebrew word גֵּ֣ר (ger) 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 Exod.2.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.22.W8.S1) and character.