1 Kings 20:27:61 Kgs.20.27.W6TAB
לִקְרָאתָ֑ם
likratam
“to meet them”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TAM
- Extended
- lihq-raa-TAAM
- IPA
- /liq.raːˈʔaːt̪aːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet them
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lik-ra-TAM
- clause
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hat-pe-kDE-u ve-khol-ke-LU va-ye-le-KHU lik-ra-TAM
- sentence
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hat-pe-kDE-u ve-khol-ke-LU va-ye-le-KHU lik-ra-TAM va-ya-kha-NU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL neg-DAM kish-NEI kha-si-FEI i-ZIM va-a-RAM mil-E-u et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The infinitive construct likratam {לִקְרָאתָם | liq-rā-ʾâṯ-am} ‘to meet them’ expresses purpose, rendered in English as a purpose clause.
In context — 1 Kings 20:27
And the sons of Israel were mustered and provisioned, and they marched to meet their adversaries; the sons of Israel camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats, while Aram filled the land .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 20:27, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתָ֑ם (likratam) 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.20.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.27.W6.S1) and character.