1 Chronicles 19:5:61 Chr.19.5.W6TAB
לִקְרָאתָ֔ם
likratam
“to meet them”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TAM
- Extended
- lihk-raa-TAAM
- IPA
- /liqraːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet them
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lik-ra-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH lik-ra-TAM
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-GI-du le-da-VID al-ha-a-na-SHIM va-yish-LAKH lik-ra-TAM ki-ha-YU ha-a-na-SHIM nikh-la-MIM me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU va-ya-GI-du le-da-VID al-ha-a-na-SHIM va-yish-LAKH lik-ra-TAM ki-ha-YU ha-a-na-SHIM nikh-la-MIM me-OD va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh she-VU vi-re-KHO AD a-sher-ye-tsam-MAKH ze-kan-KHEM ve-shav-TEM
Exegesis
The verb sequence vayyishlakh {וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he sent’ with liqratham {לִקְרָאתָ֔ם | liqrāʾtām} ‘to meet them’ conveys purpose.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:5
And they went and told David about the men, and he sent to meet them because the men were greatly humiliated. Then the king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 19:5, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתָ֔ם (likratam) 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.19.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.5.W6.S1) and character.