1 Kings 18:16:81 Kgs.18.16.W8TAB
לִקְרַ֥את
likrat
“to meet”
- Transliteration
- lik-RA-t
- Extended
- lihq-RAA-t
- IPA
- /liqˈrɔːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-RA-t
- phraseyour reading level
lik-RA-t e-li-YA-hu
- clause
va-YE-lekh akh-AV lik-RA-t e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
va-YE-lekh o-vad-ya-HU lik-RA-t akh-AV va-ya-GED-lo va-YE-lekh akh-AV lik-RA-t e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
The first sequence (vayelekh Ovadyahu likrat Akhav) employs the infinitive construct likrat {לִקְרַ֥את | liqrāʾt} ‘to meet’ to express purpose and directional intent, while vayagged-lo {וַיַּגֶּד־ל֑וֹ | wayyaggēd lō} ‘and he told him’ introduces the content of the encounter. The second sequence repeats vayelekh with Akhav as the subject, indicating Ahab’s responsive movement toward the same goal. The parallelism of these constructions underscores the symmetry between the envoy’s mission and the king’s action, framing Elijah as the focal point of both visits.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“to call, invoke”
In context — 1 Kings 18:16
Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, then Ahab went to meet Elijah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 18:16, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֥את (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 Kgs.18.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.16.W8.S1) and character.