גר

Hebrew

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from the verb and not from the root ג־י־ר (g-y-r), which is of Aramaic origin.

Adjective

גֵּר (gér) (feminine גֵּרָהCategory:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#גרCategory:Hebrew links with redundant target parameters#גר, masculine plural גֵּריםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#גרCategory:Hebrew links with redundant target parameters#גר)Category:Hebrew lemmas#גרCategory:Hebrew adjectives#גרCategory:Hebrew entries with incorrect language header#גרCategory:Pages with entries#גרCategory:Pages with 1 entry#גר

  1. (biologyCategory:he:Biology#גר) adventitious

Noun

גֵּר (gér) m (plural indefinite גֵּרִיםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#גרCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר, feminine counterpart גיורת / גִּיֹּרֶתCategory:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#גר or גֵּרָהCategory:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#גרCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר)Category:Hebrew lemmas#גרCategory:Hebrew nouns#גרCategory:Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms#גרCategory:Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms#גרCategory:Hebrew masculine nouns#גרCategory:Hebrew entries with incorrect language header#גרCategory:Hebrew masculine nouns#גרCategory:Pages with entries#גרCategory:Pages with 1 entry#גר

  1. foreigner, stranger: one who sojourns in a foreign place
  2. (JudaismCategory:he:Judaism#גר) convert to Judaism, proselyte
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Pesachim, section 8.8:
      גֵּר שֶׁנִּתְגַּיֵּר בְּעֶרֶב פֶּסַח, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, טוֹבֵל וְאוֹכֵל אֶת פִּסְחוֹ לָעֶרֶב. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, הַפּוֹרֵשׁ מִן הָעׇרְלָה כְּפוֹרֵשׁ מִן הַקֶּבֶר:
      Ger she-nitgayyér b-'érev Pésaḥ, beit Shammái omrím, ṭovél v-okhél et pisḥó la-árev. U-veit Hillél omrím, ha-porésh min ha-'orlá k-porésh min ha-kéver.
      A convert who converted on the day before the Pesaḥ offering, the house of Shammai says, he bathes and eats his Pesaḥ offering that evening. And the house of Hillel says, one who has just separated from the foreskin is like one who has just separated from the grave.
      Category:Hebrew terms with quotations#גר
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Yevamot, 47a:
      תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן גֵּר שֶׁבָּא לְהִתְגַּיֵּר בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה אוֹמְרִים לוֹ מָה רָאִיתָ שֶׁבָּאתָ לְהִתְגַּיֵּר
      Tanú rabanán: Ger she-ba l'hitgayér ba-zman ha-zeh, omrím lo: ma ra'íta she-báta l'hitgayér?
      The rabbis taught: A proselyte who comes to convert in this era, they say to him, what do you see that you want to convert?
      Category:Hebrew terms with quotations#גר
Declension
Declension of גֵּרCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State:form Person:singularplural
m f m f
masculine singularindefinite גֵּרCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר first גֵּרִיCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרֵנוּCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
definite הַגֵּרCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר second גֵּרְךָCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרֵךְCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרְכֶםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרְכֶןCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
construct גֵּר־ third גֵּרוֹCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרָהּCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרָםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרָןCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
masculine pluralindefinite גֵּרִיםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר first גריי / גֵּרַיגֵּרֵינוּCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
definite הַגֵּרִיםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר second גֵּרֶיךָCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגרייך / גֵּרַיִךְגֵּרֵיכֶםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרֵיכֶןCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
construct גֵּרֵי־ third גֵּרָיוCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרֶיהָCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרֵיהֶםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגֵּרֵיהֶןCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
feminine singularindefinite גִּיֹּרֶתCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר first גִּיֹּרֶתִיCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיֹּרֶתֵנוּCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
definite הַגִּיֹּרֶתCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר second גִּיוֹרְתְךָCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיֹּרֶתֵךְCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיוֹרְתְכֶםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיוֹרְתְכֶןCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
construct גִּיֹּרֶת־ third גִּיֹּרֶתוֹCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיֹּרֶתָהּCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיֹּרֶתָםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיֹּרֶתָןCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
feminine pluralindefinite גִּיּוֹרוֹתCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר first גיורותיי / גִּיּוֹרוֹתַיגִּיּוֹרוֹתֵינוּCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
definite הַגִּיּוֹרוֹתCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר second גִּיּוֹרוֹתֶיךָCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגיורותייך / גִּיּוֹרוֹתַיִךְגִּיּוֹרוֹתֵיכֶםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיּוֹרוֹתֵיכֶןCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
construct גִּיּוֹרוֹת־ third גִּיּוֹרוֹתָיוCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיּוֹרוֹתֶיהָCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיּוֹרוֹתָםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרגִּיּוֹרוֹתָןCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר
Synonyms
Descendants

Verb

גָּר (gar) (pa'al construction)Category:Hebrew lemmas#גרCategory:Hebrew verbs#גרCategory:Hebrew pa'al verbs#גרCategory:Hebrew ע״ו pa'al verbs#גרCategory:Hebrew entries with incorrect language header#גרCategory:Pages with entries#גרCategory:Pages with 1 entry#גר

  1. to dwell, reside, live
    • Tanach, Ruth 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיְהִי בִּימֵי שְׁפֹט הַשֹּׁפְטִים וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ וַיֵּלֶךְ אִישׁ מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה לָגוּר בִּשְׂדֵי מוֹאָב הוּא וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וּשְׁנֵי בָנָיו׃
      Va-yhí bi-yméi sh'fóṭ ha-shofṭím va-yhí ra'áv ba-árets va-yélekh ish mi-beit léḥem y'hudá lagúr bi-sdéi moáv hu v-ishtó u-shnei vanáv.
      AND IT came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem in Judah went to sojourn in the field of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
      Category:Hebrew terms with quotations#גר
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Yevamot, 96b:
      וְכִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹ לָאָדָם לָגוּר בִּשְׁנֵי עוֹלָמִים
      V-khi efshár lo la-adám lagúr bi-shnei olamím?
      And is it possible for a man to dwell in two worlds?
      Category:Hebrew terms with quotations#גר
    • 2022 December 4, Shilo Freid, “עוה״ד של החשוד בהצתה לנפגע הטרור: "אם לא היית גר שם לא היו בעיות"‏ [Lawyer of the arson suspect to the victim of terrorism: ‘Had you not lived there, there wouldn’t have been any problems’]”, in Makor Rishon:
      עורך הדין פנה לטל ישובייב ואמר: ״אם לא היית גר שם לא היו בעיות״‏
      Orékh hadín paná leTál Yeshuvayév ve'amár: “Ím ló hayíta gár shám ló hayú be'ayót.”
      The lawyer turned to Tal Yeshuvayev and said: “Had you not lived there, there wouldn’t have been any problems.’
      Category:Hebrew terms with quotations#גר
Conjugation

References

Etymology 2

Verb

גָּר (gɔr, gár) (pa'al construction)Category:Hebrew lemmas#גרCategory:Hebrew verbs#גרCategory:Hebrew pa'al verbs#גרCategory:Hebrew ע״ו pa'al verbs#גרCategory:Hebrew entries with incorrect language header#גרCategory:Pages with entries#גרCategory:Pages with 1 entry#גר (Biblical HebrewCategory:Biblical Hebrew#גר, hapax legomenonCategory:Hebrew hapax legomena#גר)

  1. to assail
    • Tanach, Psalms 59:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      כִּי הִנֵּה אָרְבוּ לְנַפְשִׁי יָגוּרוּ עָלַי עַזִּים לֹא־פִשְׁעִי וְלֹא־חַטָּאתִי יהוה׃
      ki hinne ʔɔrəḇu ləʔ‐nap̄əši yɔḡuru ʕɔlay ʕazzim loʔ‐p̄išəʕi və‐loʔ‐ḥaṭṭɔʔṯi YHWH
      For see, they lie in wait for me; fierce men plot against me for no offense of mine, for no transgression, O LORD.
      Category:Hebrew terms with quotations#גר
Usage notes

Owing to its rarity, this word is variously translated. The King James Bible interprets it as “to be gathered”, in a secondary sense of #Etymology 1.

Conjugation

References

Etymology 3

Noun

גִּר (gir) m (plural indefinite גִּרִיםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#גרCategory:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גר, singular construct גִּר־Category:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#גר, plural construct גִּרֵי־Category:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#גר)Category:Hebrew lemmas#גרCategory:Hebrew nouns#גרCategory:Hebrew masculine nouns#גרCategory:Hebrew entries with incorrect language header#גרCategory:Hebrew masculine nouns#גרCategory:Pages with entries#גרCategory:Pages with 1 entry#גר

  1. defective spelling of גיר (chalk, lime)Category:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters#גרCategory:Hebrew defective spellings#גר
Category:Biblical Hebrew Category:Hebrew adjectives Category:Hebrew defective spellings Category:Hebrew hapax legomena Category:Hebrew lemmas Category:Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters Category:Hebrew links with redundant target parameters Category:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks Category:Hebrew masculine nouns Category:Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms Category:Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms Category:Hebrew nouns Category:Hebrew pa'al verbs Category:Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־ו־ר Category:Hebrew terms with quotations Category:Hebrew verbs Category:Hebrew ע״ו pa'al verbs Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Category:he:Biology Category:he:Judaism