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Hebrew wordlink #59267

OSHB Lev 25:23 גֵרִים (gērīm) Strongs=1616 Lemma=‘גֵּר’
contextual word gloss=‘[are]_sojourners’ word gloss=‘aliens’
Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1491

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Other uses (5) of identical word form גֵרִים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘גֵרִים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[are]_sojourners’, ‘sojourners’.

EXO 22:20 contextual word gloss=‘sojourners’ word gloss=‘aliens’ OSHB EXO 22:20 word 7

OET-LV: 20  and_a _sojourner not you _must _maltreat and_not you_must _oppress _him if/because sojourners you(pl)_were in_land of _Miʦrayim/(Egypt). (EXO_22:20)

OET-RV: 20 You must execute anyone who offers a sacrifice to any god other than Yahweh. (EXO 22:20)

EXO 23:9 contextual word gloss=‘sojourners’ word gloss=‘aliens’ OSHB EXO 23:9 word 10

OET-LV: 9 And_a _sojourner not you _must _oppress and_you(pl) you(pl)_have _known DOM the _life _of the _sojourner if/because sojourners you(pl)_were in_land of _Miʦrayim/(Egypt). (EXO_23:9)

OET-RV: 9 You mustn’t oppress foreigners since you yourselves know how that feels because you all were foreigners in Egypt. (EXO 23:9)

LEV 19:34 contextual word gloss=‘sojourners’ word gloss=‘aliens’ OSHB LEV 19:34 word 12

OET-LV: 34 Like_the_native-born of_you(pl) he _will _be to/for_you(pl) the_sojourner who_sojourns with_you(pl) and_you _will _love to_him/it like_yourself if/because sojourners you(pl)_were in_land of _Miʦrayim/(Egypt) I am_YHWH god _of_your(pl). (LEV_19:34)

OET-RV: 34 you all must treat foreigners the same as native-born Israelis and love them like you love yourselves, because you were all foreigners in Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim). I am your god Yahweh. (LEV 19:34)

DEU 10:19 contextual word gloss=‘sojourners’ word gloss=‘aliens’ OSHB DEU 10:19 word 5

OET-LV: 19 And_you(pl)_will _love DOM the_sojourner if/because sojourners you(pl)_were in_land of _Miʦrayim/(Egypt). (DEU_10:19)

OET-RV: 19 so you all must show love to foreigners too because you all were foreigners when you were in Egypt. (DEU 10:19)

1 CHR 29:15 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_sojourners’ word gloss=‘aliens’ OSHB 1 CHR 29:15 word 2

OET-LV: 15 If/because are_sojourners we to_your_face and_resident _aliens like_all _of ancestors _of_our are_like_shadow days _of_our on the_earth/land and_there_is_not hope. (CH1_29:15)

OET-RV: 15 because we’re just strangers on the earth in your eyes, and foreign guests like all our ancestors. Our time on the earth is like a shadow without any permanence. (CH1 29:15)