נכרי

Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • ܢܟܪܝ‎ — Syriac

Verb

נכרי • (transliteration needed)

  1. to alienate, to estrange

Hebrew

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Aramaic נוּכְרָי‎ (nuḵrāy), Arabic نَكِرَ‎ (nakira, “to not know”), Akkadian 𒈾𒅗𒊒𒌝 (nakārum, “to be an enemy or hostile, to oppose or be at war with a nation; to be alien, foreign or an outsider”).

Adjective

נָכְרִי • (nokhrí)

  1. foreign, alien
    • Tanach, Exodus 2:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ‏וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ גֵּרְשֹׁם כִּי אָמַר גֵּר הָיִיתִי בְּאֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּה׃‎‎
      vatéled bén vayikrá 'et-sh'mó ger'shóm kí 'amár gér hayíti b'érets nokhriyá.
      wattḗleḏ bēn wayyiqrā ʾeṯ-šəmō gērəšōm kī ʾāmar gēr hāyī́ṯī bəʾéreṣ noḵriyyā.
      And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said: ‘I have been a stranger in a strange land.’
  2. gentile, non-Jewish

Noun

נָכְרִי • (nokhrí)

  1. foreigner, alien
  2. gentile, non-Jew
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