1 Samuel 17:48:61 Sam.17.48.W6TAB
לִקְרַ֣את
likrat
“to meet”
- Transliteration
- lik-RAT
- Extended
- lihk-RAAT
- IPA
- /liqˈrɑːt/
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 da-VID
- clause
ve-ha-YA KI-KAM ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-LEKH va-yik-RAV lik-RAT da-VID
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KI-KAM ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-LEKH va-yik-RAV lik-RAT da-VID va-ye-ma-HER da-VID va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA lik-RAT ha-pe-lish-TI
Exegesis
The infinitive construct liqrāʾat {לִקְרַ֣את | liqrāʾat} marks purpose ‘to meet’, and the construct chain ham-maʿ-ā-ra-ḵāh {הַמַּעֲרָכָה | ham-maʿ-ā-ra-ḵāh} situates the action in a military context. English retains temporal connectors and parallel verb placement to mirror the Hebrew’s escalating immediacy.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:48
When the Philistine rose and came forward to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:48:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:48, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֣את (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.17.48.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.48.W6.S1) and character.