2 Samuel 20:1:22 Sam.20.1.W2TAB
נִקְרָ֜א
nikra
“was found or happened to be”
- Transliteration
- nik-RA
- Extended
- nihk-RAA
- IPA
- /niqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was found or happened to be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHAM nik-RA
- clause
ve-SHAM nik-RA ISH be-li-YA-al u-she-MO SHE-va ben-BIKH-ri ISH ye-mi-NI
- sentence
ve-SHAM nik-RA ISH be-li-YA-al u-she-MO SHE-va ben-BIKH-ri ISH ye-mi-NI va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-YO-mer EN-LA-nu KHE-lek be-da-VID ve-LO na-kha-LA-LA-nu be-ven-yish-AI ISH le-o-ha-LAV yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The Niphal perfect nikra {נִקְרָא | nî-qrāʾ} introduces Sheba passively as “was called,” framing him as an objective subject.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:1
And there was found a man of worthlessness , and his name was Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the horn and said, “We have no share in David, nor inheritance for us in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 20:1, so the Hebrew word נִקְרָ֜א (nikra) 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.20.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.1.W2.S1) and character.