2 Samuel 18:6:42 Sam.18.6.W4TAB
לִקְרַ֣את
likreat
“to meet, toward”
- Transliteration
- lik-re-AT
- Extended
- lihq-reh-AAT
- IPA
- /liq.răˈʔaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet, toward
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-re-AT
- phraseyour reading level
lik-re-AT yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-TSAY ha-AM ha-sa-DE lik-re-AT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-TSAY ha-AM ha-sa-DE lik-re-AT yis-ra-EL vat-te-HI ham-mil-kha-MA bay-AR ef-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The infinitive li-qrat {לִקְרַאת | li-qə-rāṯ} ‘to meet’ expresses purpose toward yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:6
And the people marched out into the field to confront Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 18:6, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֣את (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 Sam.18.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.6.W4.S1) and character.