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

Result
לִ֠ + קְ + רַאת
lik + re + at
likreat

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-re-AT

  2. 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

  3. 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 context2 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.