1 Kings 18:27:71 Kgs.18.27.W7TAB
קִרְא֤וּ
kireu
“call out”
- Transliteration
- kir-E-u
- Extended
- kihr-EH-oo
- IPA
- /qirˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- call out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
kir-E-u
- phraseyour reading level
kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL
- clause
va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM va-ye-hat-TEL BA-hem e-li-YA-hu va-yo-MER kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL ki-e-lo-HIM HU KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG LO ve-khi-DE-rekh LO
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM va-ye-hat-TEL BA-hem e-li-YA-hu va-yo-MER kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL ki-e-lo-HIM HU KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG LO ve-khi-DE-rekh LO u-LAI ya-SHEN HU ve-yi-KATS
Exegesis
A plural imperative kir’u {קִרְאוּ | qirōʼ} “call” is modified by bekol-gadol {בְקוֹל־גָּדוֹל | bə-qōl-ga-dōl} “with a loud voice.”
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“to call, invoke”
In context — 1 Kings 18:27
And it was at noon, and Elijah mocked them and said, “Call with a loud voice, for he is a god . For he is meditating , or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and will awaken.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 18:27, so the Hebrew word קִרְא֤וּ (kireu) 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.18.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.27.W7.S1) and character.