גֵּר

1. sojourner, temporary dweller, new-comer (no inherited rights), compare 2 Mos 12,19; 3 Mos 24,16; 4 Mos 15,30; Jos 8,33 (opposed to homeborn); of Abraham at Hebron 1 Mos 23,4 (P; || תּוֺשָׁב); Moses in desert 2 Mos 2,22 (J) 2 Mos 18,3 (E; here explanation of name Gershom, Moses' son); as claiming hospitality Job 31,32 perhaps in above cases, and certainly in general, with technical sense; figurative of Yahweh Jer 14,8 of Israel in Egypt 1 Mos 15,13; 2 Mos 22,20; 2 Mos 23,9 (all J E) 3 Mos 19,34 (H) 5 Mos 10,19; 5 Mos 23,8 גֵּרִים with Yahweh 3 Mos 25,23 (H) 1 Kron 29,15; Sl 39,13 (in all || תּוֺשָׁב) compare Sl 119,19.

2. usually of גֵּרים in Israel 2 Sam 1,13 (Amalekite) compare Jos 8,33; Jos 8,35 (E) Jos 20,9 (P) Es 14,1 dwellers in Israel with certain conceded, not inherited right (compare RS^{OTJC 434; 2nd ed. 342. n.; K 42; Sem 75 f.} Sta^{Geschichte.i.400}). The גֵּר is to share in Sabbath rest 2 Mos 20,10; 2 Mos 23,12 (both J E) 5 Mos 5,14 otherwise he is have like obligations with Israel 2 Mos 12,19; 2 Mos 12,48; 2 Mos 12,49; 3 Mos 16,29 (all P) 3 Mos 17,8; 3 Mos 17,10; 3 Mos 17,12; 3 Mos 17,13; 3 Mos 17,15; 3 Mos 18,26; 3 Mos 20,2; 3 Mos 22,18; 3 Mos 24,16; 3 Mos 24,22 (all H) 4 Mos 9,14 (twice in verse); 4 Mos 15,14; 4 Mos 15,15 (twice in verse); 4 Mos 15,16; 4 Mos 15,26; 4 Mos 15,29; 4 Mos 15,30; 4 Mos 19,10; 4 Mos 35,15 (all P) Ezk 14,7 similar rights 5 Mos 1,16; Ezk 47,22; Ezk 47,23 and like privileges 5 Mos 16,11; 5 Mos 16,14; 5 Mos 26,11; 5 Mos 29,10; 5 Mos 31,12 compare 2 Kron 30,25 very rarely any distinction made, in obligation 3 Mos 25,47 (3 t. in verse) (H), in permissible food 5 Mos 14,21 in future success 5 Mos 28,43 kindness to גֵּר frequently enjoined: 3 Mos 19,10 (|| עָנִי), 3 Mos 23,22 (|| id.) 3 Mos 19,34 (all H); 5 Mos 10,18; 5 Mos 10,19; 5 Mos 14,29; 5 Mos 24,19; 5 Mos 24,20; 5 Mos 24,21; 5 Mos 26,12; 5 Mos 26,13 (all || יָתוֺם וְאַלְמָנָה); oppression prohibited 3 Mos 19,33 (H) 5 Mos 24,14; 2 Mos 22,20; 2 Mos 23,9 (twice in verse) (JE) 5 Mos 24,17; 5 Mos 27,19; Jer 7,6; Jer 22,3; Zak 7,10 (these eight || יָתוֺם וְאַלְמָנָה); object of care to ׳י Sl 146,9 (|| id.); charge that גֵּר has been oppressed Ezk 22,7; Mal 3,5 (both || id.); also Ezk 22,29 (|| עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֺן), Sl 94,6 compare also command that a poor brother be treated like גֵּר i.e. kindly, 3 Mos 25,35 (H). Latest conception somewhat different: גֵּר 1 Kron 22,2; 2 Kron 2,16 (הַגֵּירִים) gathered for hard service; yet compare 2 Kron 30,25. (Often with verbal cognate 2 Mos 12,48; 2 Mos 12,49; 3 Mos 16,29; 3 Mos 17,8; 3 Mos 17,10; 3 Mos 17,12; 3 Mos 17,13; 3 Mos 18,26; 3 Mos 19,33; 3 Mos 20,2; 4 Mos 9,14; 4 Mos 15,14; 4 Mos 15,15; 4 Mos 15,16; 4 Mos 15,26; 4 Mos 15,29; 4 Mos 19,10; Jos 20,9; Ezk 47,22; Ezk 47,23 oft || תּוֺשָׁב 1 Mos 23,4; 3 Mos 25,23; 3 Mos 25,35; 3 Mos 25,47; 1 Kron 29,15; Sl 39,13).