H5234B–נָכַר–na.khar

And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'

וַיִּתְנַכֵּ֨ר (יִּתְנַכֵּ֨ר) i.yit.na.Ker “he acted as a stranger”

If not -- the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know -- Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.

יְנַכְּר֖וּ ye.na.ke.Ru “they should misconstrue”

And it is declared to Saul that David hath come in to Keilah, and Saul saith, `God hath made him known for my hand, for he hath been shut in, to enter into a city of doors and bar.'

נִכַּ֨ר ni.Kar “he has alienated”

And Jehovah said unto Ahijah, `Lo, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to seek a word from thee concerning her son, for he is sick; thus and thus thou dost speak unto her, and it cometh to pass at her coming in, that she is making herself strange.'

מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה׃ mit.na.ke.Rah “[will be] acted as a stranger”

And it cometh to pass, at Ahijah's hearing the sound of her feet `as' she came in to the opening, that he saith, `Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why is this -- thou art making thyself strange? and I am sent unto thee `with' a sharp thing:

מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה mit.na.ke.Rah “acting as a stranger”

By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

יִנָּכֵ֣ר yi.na.Kher “he disguises himself”

because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place `with' innocent blood,

וַֽיְנַכְּר֞וּ (יְנַכְּר֞וּ) y.na.ke.Ru “they have treated as foreign”