1 Chronicles 19:17:131 Chr.19.17.W13TAB
לִקְרַ֤את
likrat
“to meet or toward”
- Transliteration
- lik-RAT
- Extended
- lihq-RAAT
- IPA
- /liqˈraːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet or toward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
lik-RAT
- phraseyour reading level
lik-RAT a-RAM
- clause
va-ya-a-ROKH da-VID lik-RAT a-RAM mil-kha-MA va-yil-la-kha-MU IM-mo
- sentence
va-yug-GAD le-da-VID va-ye-e-SOF ET-kol-yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-VOR ha-yar-DEN va-ya-VO a-le-HEM va-ya-a-ROKH a-le-HEM va-ya-a-ROKH da-VID lik-RAT a-RAM mil-kha-MA va-yil-la-kha-MU IM-mo
Exegesis
The infinitive construct li-qrāṯ {לִקְרַ֤את | li-q-rāṯ} ‘to meet’ introduces purpose, while mil-ḥā-māh {מִלְחָמָ֔ה | mil-ḥā-māh} ‘battle’ names the armed conflict.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:17
And it was told to David, and he gathered all Israel and crossed the Jordan, and he came to them and arranged against them. David then arranged to meet Aram for battle, and they fought with him.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 19:17, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֤את (likrat) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.19.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.17.W13.S1) and character.