2 Samuel 19:15:92 Sam.19.15.W9TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:16
לִקְרַ֣את
likrat
“to meet”
- Transliteration
- lik-RAT
- Extended
- lihq-RAA(t)
- IPA
- /liqˈraːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet
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 | |
| 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-RAT
- phraseyour reading level
lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh
- clause
vi-ye-hu-DA BA ha-gil-ga-LA la-LE-khet lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh le-ha-a-VIR et-ha-ME-lekh et-ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-YA-shav ha-ME-lekh va-ya-BO ad-ha-yar-DEN vi-ye-hu-DA BA ha-gil-ga-LA la-LE-khet lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh le-ha-a-VIR et-ha-ME-lekh et-ha-yar-DEN
Root and etymology
ק־ר־א
“to call or meet”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:15
And the king returned and came as far as the Jordan , and Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king and to bring him across the Jordan.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 19:15, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֣את (likrat) 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.19.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.15.W9.S1) and character.