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
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-et
- phraseyour reading level
lik-RA-et da-VID
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.