2 Kings 23:29:122 Kgs.23.29.W12TAB
לִקְרָאת֔וֹ
likrato
“to meet him”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TO
- Extended
- lihk-rah-TOH
- IPA
- /liq.rɑːˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet him
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 | 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-ra-TO
- clause
va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-ye-mi-TE-hu bim-gid-DO kir-o-TO o-TO
- sentence
be-ya-MAV a-LA par-E ne-KHO ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM al-ME-lekh a-SHUR al-ne-HAR-pe-RAT va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-ye-mi-TE-hu bim-gid-DO kir-o-TO o-TO
Exegesis
The narrative then uses the vav-consecutive vayelekh {וַיֵּלֶךְ | vay-yē-lekh} ‘and he went’ with the infinitive construct liqra’ō {לִקְרָאתוֹ | li-qra’-ō} ‘to meet him’, indicating intent.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“to call or read aloud”
In context — 2 Kings 23:29
In his days Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went up against the king of Assyria to the Euphrates River , and King Josiah went out to meet him , and Pharaoh Neco put him to death at Megiddo as soon as he saw him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:29:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 23:29, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאת֔וֹ (likrato) 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.23.29.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.29.W12.S1) and character.