2 Kings 22:16:142 Kgs.22.16.W14TAB
קָרָ֖א
kara
“read”
- Transliteration
- ka-RA
- Extended
- kaa-RAA
- IPA
- /qaˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- read
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ka-RA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ka-RA
- clause
ET kal-div-RE ha-SE-fer a-SHER ka-RA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-ni me-VI ra-A el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV ET kal-div-RE ha-SE-fer a-SHER ka-RA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾēt {אֵת | ʾēt} introduces kol-dib-rê ha-sē-per {כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הַסֵּפֶר | kol-dib-rê ha-sē-per} ‘all the words of the book’, further defined by the relative clause ʾa-šer qā-rāʾ me-lekh Yə-hū-dāh {אֲשֶׁר קָרָא מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | ʾa-šer qā-rāʾ me-lekh Yə-hū-dāh} ‘that the king of Judah has read’. This structure foregrounds divine initiative and ensures the prophecy’s fulfillment.
In context — 2 Kings 22:16
Thus says the LORD : “See, I will bring disaster on this place and on its inhabitants, in accordance with all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 22:16, so the Hebrew word קָרָ֖א (kara) 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.22.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.16.W14.S1) and character.