Genesis 19:1:11Gen.19.1.W11TAB
לִקְרָאתָ֔ם
likratam
“to meet them”
- Transliteration
- li-kra-TAM
- Extended
- lih-krah-TAHM
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
li-kra-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM
- clause
va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA
- sentence
va-ya-vo-U she-NEI ha-mal-a-KHIM se-DO-ma ba-E-rev ve-LOT yo-SHEV be-sha-ar-se-DOM va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA
Root and etymology
Rootqof–resh–aleph
“to call, cry out”
In context — Genesis 19:1
In the evening, the two angels arrived at Sodom. Lot was seated at the gate of Sodom; when he noticed them, he stood to greet them and bowed down, his face toward the ground.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 19:1, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתָ֔ם (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.19.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.1.W11.S1) and character.