נכרי

נכרי

Aramaic

Verb

נכרי • (transliteration needed)

1. to alienate, to estrange

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Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Aramaic נוּכְרָי‎ (nuḵrāy), Arabic نَكِرَ‎ (nakira, “to not know”), Akkadian 𒉽 (/nakāru/, “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
   • 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