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Leviticus 19:34
“But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H249 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)
- Derivation
- from H2224 (זָרַח) (in the sense of springing up);
- KJV renderings
- bay tree, (home-) born (in the land), of the (one's own) country (nation).
- Grammar
- כְּ — preposition
- אֶזְרָ֣ח — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 12:19Exodus 12:48Exodus 12:49Leviticus 16:29Leviticus 17:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֶזְרָח here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.