Exodus 14:27:12Exod.14.27.W12TAB
לִקְרָאת֑וֹ
likrato
“toward it”
- Transliteration
- lik-RA-to
- Extended
- lik-RAA-toh
- IPA
- /liq.ˈraː.toː/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward it
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
lik-RA-to
- phraseyour reading level
na-SEEM lik-RA-to
- clause
va-YET mo-SHE et-ya-DO al-ha-YAM va-ya-SHAV ha-YAM lif-NOT BO-ker le-EI-ta-NO oo-mits-RA-yim na-SEEM lik-RA-to
- sentence
va-YET mo-SHE et-ya-DO al-ha-YAM va-ya-SHAV ha-YAM lif-NOT BO-ker le-EI-ta-NO oo-mits-RA-yim na-SEEM lik-RA-to va-ye-na-ER Ye-ho-VAH et-mits-RA-yim be-TOKH ha-YAM
Exegesis
The participle nasim {נָסִים | nā-sîm} ‘fleeing’ introduces the Egyptians’ frantic motion, intensified by likrato {לִקְרָאת֑וֹ | li-qə-rāṯ-ô} ‘toward it’.
In context — Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned at the turning of the morning to its full strength ; and the Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 14:27, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (likrato) 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 Exod.14.27.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.27.W12.S1) and character.