Genesis 17:15:6Gen.17.15.W6TAB
לֹא־תִקְרָ֥א
lotikra
“do not call”
- Transliteration
- lo-tik-RA
- Extended
- loh-tik-RAA
- IPA
- /loː.θiq.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not call
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
lo-tik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM sa-RAI ish-te-KHA lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH sa-RAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM el-av-ra-HAM sa-RAI ish-te-KHA lo-tik-RA et-she-MAH sa-RAI KI sa-RA she-MAH
Exegesis
The topicalized nominal sarai ishtekha {שָׂרַ֣י אִשְׁתְּךָ֔ | śā-ray ʾiš-te-kā} ‘Sarai your wife’ precedes the prohibitive lōʾ tiqrāʾ {לֹא־תִקְרָ֥א | lōʾ tiqrāʾ} ‘you shall not call’, focusing on her identity.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾqof–resh–aleph
“call, name”
In context — Genesis 17:15
And God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, you must not call her Sarai any longer; Sarah will be her name.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 17:15, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תִקְרָ֥א (lotikra) 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.17.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.15.W6.S1) and character.