Exodus 18:7:3Exod.18.7.W3TAB
לִקְרַ֣את
likrat
“to meet”
- Transliteration
- lik-RAT
- Extended
- lihk-RAHT
- IPA
- /likˈraθ/
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 khot-NO
- clause
va-ye-TSE mo-SHEH lik-RAT khot-NO va-yish-ta-KHU va-yish-sak-LO va-yish-a-LU eesh-leh-reh-EH-hoo leh-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-ye-TSE mo-SHEH lik-RAT khot-NO va-yish-ta-KHU va-yish-sak-LO va-yish-a-LU eesh-leh-reh-EH-hoo leh-sha-LOM va-ya-VO-U ha-o-he-LAH
Exegesis
The verb vayetse {וַיֵּצֵא | way-yē-ṣēʾ} ‘and he went out’ with the infinitive liqrat {לִקְרַאת | liq-rāṯ} marks purposeful motion toward khotno {חֹתְנוֹ | ḥōṯ-nō}.
In context — Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law , and he bowed down and kissed him, and they asked each other about their well-being , and they came into the tent.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 18:7, 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 Exod.18.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.7.W3.S1) and character.