1 Samuel 17:2:91 Sam.17.2.W9TAB
לִקְרַ֥את
likraat
“to meet, against”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-AT
- Extended
- lihk-rah-AAT
- IPA
- /liq.raːˈʔaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet, against
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-ra-AT
- phraseyour reading level
lik-ra-AT pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-ya-ar-KHU mil-kha-MA lik-ra-AT pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-sha-UL ve-ISH-yis-ra-EL ne-es-FU va-ya-kha-NU be-E-mek ha-E-la va-ya-ar-KHU mil-kha-MA lik-ra-AT pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The infinitival construct liq-rā-t {לִקְרַ֥את | liq-rā-t} ‘to meet’ with pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים | pə-lish-tim} ‘Philistines’ conveys the orientation toward the enemy. This rapid succession of waw-prefixed verbs creates a brisk historical narrative that underscores collective mobilization and readiness for confrontation.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:2
Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah , and they arranged their battle lines to meet the Philistines.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 17:2, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֥את (likraat) 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.17.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.2.W9.S1) and character.