Genesis 49:9:7Gen.49.9.W7TAB
כָּרַ֨ע
kara
“he crouched”
- Transliteration
- ka-RA
- Extended
- kah-RAH
- IPA
- /kaː.ˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he crouched
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
ka-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ka-RA ra-VATS ke-ar-YEH
- clause
ka-RA ra-VATS ke-ar-YEH u-ke-la-VI MI ye-ki-MEN-nu
- sentence
GUR ar-YEH ye-hu-DA mit-TE-ref be-NI a-li-TA ka-RA ra-VATS ke-ar-YEH u-ke-la-VI MI ye-ki-MEN-nu
Exegesis
The paired verbs kara ravats {כָּרַע רָבַץ | kāraʿ rāvaṣ} form a poetic parallelism depicting crouching followed by resting.
Root and etymology
RootQof–Resh–Aleph
“to call, summon”
In context — Genesis 49:9
A lion’s cub is Judah; from the prey, my son, you have arisen . He crouched and lay down like a lion, like a lioness—who will rouse him ?
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 49:9, so the Hebrew word כָּרַ֨ע (kara) 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.49.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.9.W7.S1) and character.