Genesis 18:2:11Gen.18.2.W11TAB
לִקְרָאתָם֙
likratam
“to meet them”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TAM
- Extended
- lih-krah-TAAM
- IPA
- /liq.raː.ˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet them
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lik-ra-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-RATS lik-ra-TAM
- clause
va-YAR va-ya-RATS lik-ra-TAM mi-PE-takh ha-O-hel va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA
- sentence
va-yis-SA e-NAV va-YAR ve-hin-NEH she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV va-YAR va-ya-RATS lik-ra-TAM mi-PE-takh ha-O-hel va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA
Exegesis
Likratam {לִקְרָאתָם | liq-rā-ʾā-ṯām} “to meet them” indicates purposeful movement toward the visitors.
In context — Genesis 18:2
And he lifted his eyes and saw; behold, three men were standing near him. As soon as he perceived them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 18:2, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתָם֙ (likratam) 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.18.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.2.W11.S1) and character.