1 Samuel 15:12:31 Sam.15.12.W3TAB
לִקְרַ֥את
likrat
“to meet”
- Transliteration
- lik-RAT
- Extended
- lik-RAHT
- IPA
- /liqˈraːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-RAT
- phraseyour reading level
lik-RAT sha-UL
- clause
va-yash-KEM she-mu-EL lik-RAT sha-UL ba-BO-ker
- sentence
va-yash-KEM she-mu-EL lik-RAT sha-UL ba-BO-ker va-yug-GAD lish-mu-EL le-MOR BA-sha-UL ha-kar-me-LA ve-hin-NE ma-TSIV LO YAD va-yis-SOV va-ya-a-VOR va-ye-RED ha-gil-GAL
Exegesis
The infinitive construct likrat {לִקְרַ֥את | liqrāʾt} ‘to meet’ expresses purpose.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:12
And Samuel arose early to meet Saul in the morning, and it was told to Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he is erecting a monument for himself.” Then he turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:12, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֥את (likrat) 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.15.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.12.W3.S1) and character.