2 Kings 23:16:212 Kgs.23.16.W21TAB
קָרָ֔א
kara
“proclaimed”
- Transliteration
- ka-RA
- Extended
- kaa-RAA
- IPA
- /qaˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- proclaimed
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
kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ka-RA ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-yi-FEN yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-RE et-ha-ke-va-RIM a-sher-SHAM ba-HAR va-yish-LAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ha-a-tsa-MOT min-ha-ke-va-RIM va-yis-ROF al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ye-tam-ME-hu kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ka-RA ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Root and etymology
Rootq-r-’
“to call, proclaim”
In context — 2 Kings 23:16
And Josiah turned and saw the tombs on the mountain. He sent and took the bones from the tombs and burned them on the altar, defiling it according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God, who had predicted these things.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:16:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 2 Kings 23:16, so the Hebrew word קָרָ֔א (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.23.16.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.16.W21.S1) and character.