2 Chronicles 6:33:222 Chr.6.33.W22TAB
נִקְרָ֔א
nikra
“is called”
- Transliteration
- nik-RA
- Extended
- nihk-RAA
- IPA
- /niqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is called
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-shim-KHA nik-RA
- clause
le-MA-an ye-de-U khol-am-ME ha-A-rets et-she-ME-kha u-le-yir-A ot-KHA ke-am-KHA yis-ra-EL ve-la-DA-at ki-shim-KHA nik-RA al-ha-BA-yit ha-ZE a-SHER ba-NI-ti
- sentence
ve-a-TA tish-MA min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-ke-VON shiv-TE-kha ve-a-si-TA ke-KHOL a-sher-yik-RA e-LE-kha ha-nokh-RI le-MA-an ye-de-U khol-am-ME ha-A-rets et-she-ME-kha u-le-yir-A ot-KHA ke-am-KHA yis-ra-EL ve-la-DA-at ki-shim-KHA nik-RA al-ha-BA-yit ha-ZE a-SHER ba-NI-ti
Exegesis
The closing content clause centers on the passive idiom nikra {נִקְרָא | niqrāʾ} ‘is called’, indicating that God’s name is publicly associated with the temple, grounding worldwide reverence in the visible sign of “this house” asher baniti {אֲשֶׁר בָּנִיתִי | ʾăšer bānīṯī} ‘which I built’.
Root and etymology
consonantsQof–Resh–Aleph
“to call, proclaim”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:33
And You will hear from the heavens, from the established place of Your dwelling, and You will act according to everything that the foreigner calls to You, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You as Your people Israel do, and so that they may know that Your name is called over this house which I have built.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:33:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Chronicles 6:33, so the Hebrew word נִקְרָ֔א (nikra) 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 2 Chr.6.33.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.33.W22.S1) and character.