Leviticus 19:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכִֽי־יָג֧וּר אִתְּךָ֛ גֵּ֖ר בְּאַרְצְכֶ֑ם לֹ֥א תוֹנ֖וּ אֹתֽוֹ

Transliteration

wə-ḵî-yāgûr ʾittəḵā gēr bəʾarṣəḵem lōʾ ṯônû ʾōṯô

Grammar Details

*wə-ḵî*: conjunction + conditional particle - and when
*yāgûr*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he sojourns
*ʾittəḵā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you
*gēr*: noun, masculine singular - stranger/sojourner
*bəʾarṣəḵem*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - in your land
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ṯônû*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall oppress/wrong
*ʾōṯô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him

Word Meanings

*yāgûr*: sojourns/dwells temporarily/lives as an alien
*gēr*: stranger/sojourner/foreigner/resident alien
*ṯônû*: oppress/wrong/mistreat/take advantage of

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Referenced Verses

Exod 22:21 : 21 And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Exod 23:9 : 9 And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Jer 7:6 : 6 if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.
Deut 10:18-19 : 18 He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment. 19 Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Deut 24:14 : 14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

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21And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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18He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
19Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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9And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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