1 Kings 13:32:61 Kgs.13.32.W6TAB
קָרָא֙
kara
“he called out”
- Transliteration
- ka-RA
- Extended
- kaa-RAA
- IPA
- /qa.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he called out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-RA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ka-RA
- clause
KI ha-YO yih-YEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ka-RA bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-VET-EL
- sentence
KI ha-YO yih-YEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ka-RA bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-VET-EL ve-AL kal-ba-TE ha-ba-MOT a-SHER be-a-RE shohm-RON
Exegesis
The nominal phrase had-dāḇār {הַדָּבָר | had-dāḇār} ‘the word’ functions as the subject, immediately specified by the relative clause ’ăšer qārā’ {אֲשֶׁר קָרָא | ’ăšer qārā’} ‘which he proclaimed,’ indicating prophetic utterance.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–resh–aleph
“to call, proclaim”
In context — 1 Kings 13:32
For the word that he proclaimed by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 13:32, so the Hebrew word קָרָא֙ (kara) 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 Kgs.13.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.32.W6.S1) and character.