1 Samuel 16:4:131 Sam.16.4.W13TAB
לִקְרָאת֔וֹ
likrato
“to meet him”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TO
- Extended
- lihk-raa-TOH
- IPA
- /liq.raːˈʔtoː/
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-kher-DU zik-NE ha-IR lik-ra-TO va-yo-MER sha-LOM BO-e-kha
- sentence
va-ya-AS she-mu-EL ET a-SHER dib-BER Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-BO BET LA-khem va-ye-kher-DU zik-NE ha-IR lik-ra-TO va-yo-MER sha-LOM BO-e-kha
Exegesis
The infinitive construct likrato {לִקְרָאת֔וֹ | liqrāṯōʾ} expresses purpose ‘to meet him.’
Root and etymology
RootQof–Resh–Aleph
“to call, summon”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:4
And Samuel did what the LORD commanded, and he came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city trembled to meet him, and they said, “Is your coming in peace?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 16:4, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאת֔וֹ (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.16.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.4.W13.S1) and character.