נכרי

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܢܟܪܝ — Syriac

Verb

נכרי • (transliteration needed)

1. to alienate, to estrange

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• נוכרי (excessive spelling)

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