2 Kings 16:10:42 Kgs.16.10.W4TAB
לִ֠קְרַאת
likreat
“to meet”
- Transliteration
- lik-re-AT
- Extended
- lih-keh-RAAT
- IPA
- /liq.răˈʔaːt/
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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Word in context
- word
lik-re-AT
- clause
va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ lik-re-AT tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR du-ME-sek va-YAR-e et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-da-MA-sek
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ lik-re-AT tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR du-ME-sek va-YAR-e et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-da-MA-sek va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ el-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh ve-et-tab-ni-TO le-khol-ma-a-SE-u
Exegesis
The purpose of the journey is expressed by the infinitive construction liqra'at {לִ֠קְרַאת | liqrāʾat} ‘to meet,’ which is dependent on the movement verb and makes the meeting the goal of Ahaz’s going.
In context — 2 Kings 16:10
The king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, and he saw the altar that was in Damascus. And the king Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest the likeness of the altar and its pattern , according to all its workmanship.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 16:10, so the Hebrew word לִ֠קְרַאת (likreat) 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 Kgs.16.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.10.W4.S1) and character.