2 Samuel 16:1:92 Sam.16.1.W9TAB
לִקְרָאת֑וֹ
likrato
“to meet him”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TO
- Extended
- lihq-raa-TOH
- IPA
- /liqraːˈtoː/
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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Word in context
- word
lik-ra-TO
- clause
ve-da-VID a-VAR me-AT me-ha-ROSH ve-hin-NE tsi-VA NA-ar me-fi-VO-shet lik-ra-TO
- sentence
ve-da-VID a-VAR me-AT me-ha-ROSH ve-hin-NE tsi-VA NA-ar me-fi-VO-shet lik-ra-TO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM kha-vu-SHIM va-a-le-HEM ma-a-TA-yim LE-khem u-me-A tsi-mu-KIM u-me-A ka-YITS ve-NE-vel YA-yin
Exegesis
In “Ziba naʿar mə-pî-bō-šeṯ liqrāṯō” {צִיבָא נַעַר מְפִי־בֹשֶׁת לִקְרָאתוֹ}, the infinitive construct liqrāṯō expresses purpose “to meet him.” The provision list ve-ṣeḡmed ḥămôrîm ḥăvûšîm va-ʿălê-hem māṯayim lēḥem ū-mēʾā ṣimmūqîm ū-mēʾā qayits ve-neḇel yā-yin maintains Hebrew coordination and numeric emphasis while the English translation reorders to SVO for clarity.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:1
And David passed a little beyond the summit , and behold Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, carrying a pair of saddled donkeys and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred portions of summer fruit, and a skin of wine.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 16:1, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (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 Sam.16.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.1.W9.S1) and character.