1 Samuel 22:11:31 Sam.22.11.W3TAB
לִקְרֹא֩
likro
“to call or to summon”
- Transliteration
- lik-RO
- Extended
- lih-kh-ROH
- IPA
- /liqˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to call or to summon
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-RO
- phraseyour reading level
lik-RO et-a-khi-ME-lekh ben-a-khi-TUV
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh lik-RO et-a-khi-ME-lekh ben-a-khi-TUV ha-ko-HEN ve-ET kol-BET a-VIV ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER be-NOV
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh lik-RO et-a-khi-ME-lekh ben-a-khi-TUV ha-ko-HEN ve-ET kol-BET a-VIV ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER be-NOV va-ya-VO-u khu-LAM el-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The subject hamelek {הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ | ham·melek} follows, immediately succeeded by the infinitive construct likro {לִקְרֹא֩ | liqrō} ‘to call’, indicating the purpose of the king’s dispatch.
In context — 1 Samuel 22:11
And the king sent to summon Ahimelech son of Ahitub the priest, and all the house of his father, the priests who were at Nob; and they all came to the king.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 22:11, so the Hebrew word לִקְרֹא֩ (likro) 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.22.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.11.W3.S1) and character.