2 Samuel 22:7:22 Sam.22.7.W2TAB
אֶקְרָ֣א
ekera
“I call”
- Transliteration
- e-ke-RA
- Extended
- eh-keh-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛq.rɑˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I call
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
e-ke-RA
- phraseyour reading level
e-ke-RA ye-ho-VAH
- clause
bats-TSA-r-LI e-ke-RA ye-ho-VAH ve-el-e-lo-HAI e-ke-RA
- sentence
bats-TSA-r-LI e-ke-RA ye-ho-VAH ve-el-e-lo-HAI e-ke-RA va-yish-MA me-he-kha-LO ko-LI ve-sha-va-TI be-oz-NAIV
Exegesis
The verb eqra {אֶקְרָ֣א | ’ĕqrā’} is repeated to form synonymous parallelism in addressing YHWH then Elohai.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʼQof–Resh–Aleph
“to call, cry out”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:7
In my distress I called to the LORD ; to my God I cried. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry reached His ears.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 22:7, so the Hebrew word אֶקְרָ֣א (ekera) 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.22.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.7.W2.S1) and character.