1 Samuel 21:1:81 Sam.21.1.W8TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:2

לִקְרַ֣את

likraet

to meet

Transliteration
lik-RA-et
Extended
lihk-RAA-eht
IPA
/liqˈraːʔt/

Meaning by language

English
to meet

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לִ + קְ + רַ֣את
lik + ra + et
likraet

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    lik-RA-et

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lik-RA-et da-VID

  3. clause

    va-ye-khe-RAD a-khi-ME-lekh lik-RA-et da-VID va-yo-MER LO ma-DU-a a-TA le-vad-DE-kha ve-ISH EN it-TAKH

  4. sentence

    va-ya-BO da-VID NO-ve el-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN va-ye-khe-RAD a-khi-ME-lekh lik-RA-et da-VID va-yo-MER LO ma-DU-a a-TA le-vad-DE-kha ve-ISH EN it-TAKH

In context1 Samuel 21:1

And David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembled when he met him, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man is with you?”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 21:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 21:1, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֣את (likraet) 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.21.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.1.W8.S1) and character.