1 Samuel 13:10:101 Sam.13.10.W10TAB
לִקְרָאת֖וֹ
likrato
“to meet him”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TO
- Extended
- lihk-rah-TOH
- IPA
- /liqraːˈtoː/
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-TSE sha-UL lik-ra-TO le-va-ra-KHO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-khal-lo-TO le-ha-a-LOT ha-o-LA ve-hin-NE she-mu-EL BA va-ye-TSE sha-UL lik-ra-TO le-va-ra-KHO
Exegesis
The coordinated infinitives likrato {לִקְרָאתוֹ | li·qrā·ṯō} and levarakho {לְבָרֲכֽוֹ | lə·wā·rä·ḵō} each express purpose, clarifying Saul’s intention and creating a concise narrative progression that highlights the immediacy of Samuel’s arrival and Saul’s responsive action.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–resh–aleph
“to call, meet”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:10
And it happened, as he finished offering up the burnt offering, behold Samuel came, and Saul went out to meet him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 13:10, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאת֖וֹ (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 Sam.13.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.10.W10.S1) and character.