Genesis 14:17:3Gen.14.17.W3TAB
לִקְרָאתוֹ֒
likrato
“to meet him”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TO
- Extended
- lihk-rah-TOH
- IPA
- /liq.raːˈθoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet him
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
- clause
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM lik-ra-TO a-kha-REI shu-VO me-hak-KOT et-ke-dar-la-O-mer ve-et-ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER it-TO
- sentence
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM lik-ra-TO a-kha-REI shu-VO me-hak-KOT et-ke-dar-la-O-mer ve-et-ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER it-TO el-E-mek sha-VE HU E-mek ham-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The directional infinitive likrato {לִקְרָאתוֹ | liq-rā-ʾtô} ‘to meet him’ expresses purpose.
In context — Genesis 14:17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from striking down Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, to the Valley of Shaveh , which is the Valley of the King .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 14:17, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתוֹ֒ (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 Gen.14.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.17.W3.S1) and character.