to sojourn
gur describes residing in a land, place, or community where the resident is not native.
The occurrences describe residence in a specified land, town, or community, often marking a person as living among people other than the native population. The same use can describe moving to a place during famine, living under communal regulations, or remaining in a place.
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Residing in a place or among a people · dominant
The Qal forms describe people living in a particular location: in Genesis 12:10 Abram goes to Egypt because of famine, while in 2 Kings 8:2 the woman and her household live in the land of the Philistines. Active participles can identify resident outsiders within a community; in Exodus 12:48 the clause concerns a resident living “with you,” and in Ezekiel 47:22 such residents are included among Israel for inheritance.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the clause with “sojourn” or “sojourner,” while other contexts use “dwell,” “settle,” or “abide,” as in Genesis 20:1, Jeremiah 42:17, and Judges 5:17. These are renderings of whole verses.