1 Kings 18:7:61 Kgs.18.7.W6TAB
לִקְרָאת֑וֹ
likrato
“to meet him”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TO
- Extended
- lihq-rah-TOH
- IPA
- /liq.raːˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet him
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-ra-TO
- clause
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU ba-DE-rekh ve-hi-NE e-li-YA-hu lik-ra-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU ba-DE-rekh ve-hi-NE e-li-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-yak-ki-RE-hu va-yip-POL al-pa-NAIV va-yo-MER ha-a-TA ZE a-do-NI e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
The interjection vehineh {וְהִנֵּ֥ה | wə-hin-né} ‘and behold’ signals suddenness, leading to the infinitive construct liqrato {לִקְרָאת֑וֹ | li-qra-tô} ‘to meet him’ that expresses Elijah’s intentional approach.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“to call, invoke”
In context — 1 Kings 18:7
And it happened as Obadiah was on the way that behold Elijah came to meet him; and he recognized him and fell on his face , and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:7, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (likrato) 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.18.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.7.W6.S1) and character.