נכרי

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Aramaic

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Verb

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נכרי (transliteration needed)

  1. to alienate, to estrange

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Etymology

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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

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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

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נָכְרִי (nokhrí)

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