2 Samuel 19:20:132 Sam.19.20.W13TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:21
לִקְרַ֣את
likrat
“to meet”
- Transliteration
- lik-RAT
- Extended
- lih-kh-RAT
- 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 a-do-NI
- clause
ve-hin-NE-ba-TI ha-YOM ri-SHON le-khol-BET yo-SEF la-RE-det lik-RAT a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
KI ya-DA av-de-KHA KI a-NI kha-ta-TI ve-hin-NE-ba-TI ha-YOM ri-SHON le-khol-BET yo-SEF la-RE-det lik-RAT a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The infinitives laredet {לָרֶדֶת | lā·re·ḏêṯ} and likrat {לִקְרַאת | liq·rā·’ṯ} express purpose “to go down to meet.”
Root and etymology
ק־ר־א
“to call or meet”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:20
For your servant knows that I have sinned, and behold, I have come today as the first from all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 19:20, 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.19.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.20.W13.S1) and character.