1 Kings 18:24:51 Kgs.18.24.W5TAB
אֶקְרָ֣א
ekra
“I will call”
- Transliteration
- e-kra
- Extended
- eh-krah
- IPA
- /ʔɛqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will call
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-kra
- phraseyour reading level
e-kra ve-SHEM-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
u-kra-TEM be-SHEM e-lo-HE-khem va-a-NI e-kra ve-SHEM-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-YA ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER-ya-a-NE va-ESH HU ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
u-kra-TEM be-SHEM e-lo-HE-khem va-a-NI e-kra ve-SHEM-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-YA ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER-ya-a-NE va-ESH HU ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-AN KOL-ha-am va-yo-me-RU TOV ha-da-VAR
Exegesis
The pair ukeratem {וּקְרָאתֶ֞ם | wə-qə-rā-ṯêm} ‘and you will call’ and ekraʾ {אֶקְרָא | ʾē-qārāʾ} ‘I will call’ use imperfect forms to introduce a future test.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“to call, invoke”
In context — 1 Kings 18:24
And you will call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD , and the God who answers by fire—He is God. Then all the people answered and said, “The word is good .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:24, so the Hebrew word אֶקְרָ֣א (ekra) 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.18.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.24.W5.S1) and character.