2 Samuel 19:16:102 Sam.19.16.W10TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:17
לִקְרַ֣את
likraat
“to meet”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-AT
- Extended
- lih(k)-rah-AT
- IPA
- /liqraˈʔat/
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 | 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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Word in context
- word
lik-ra-AT
- phraseyour reading level
lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ye-RED im-ISH ye-hu-DA lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh da-VID
- sentence
va-ye-ma-HER shim-e-I ven-ge-RA ben-ha-ye-mi-NI a-SHER mi-ba-khu-RIM va-ye-RED im-ISH ye-hu-DA lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh da-VID
Exegesis
The prepositional infinitive likrat {לִקְרַאת | liqrāʾṯ} ‘to meet’ governs the direct object phrase the king David. English reorders elements for clarity while preserving genealogical and directional nuance.
Root and etymology
ק־ר־א
“to call or meet”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:16
And Shimei, son of Gera, the Benjamite , who was from Bahurim, hurried and went down with the men of Judah to meet King David .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 19:16, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֣את (likraat) 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.19.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.16.W10.S1) and character.