Isaiah 21:14:1Isa.21.14.W1TAB
לִקְרַ֥את
likrat
“to meet”
- Transliteration
- lik-RAT
- Extended
- lihq-RAAT
- IPA
- /liqˈraːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-RAT
- phraseyour reading level
lik-RAT tsa-ME
- clause
lik-RAT tsa-ME he-ta-YU MA-yim
- sentence
lik-RAT tsa-ME he-ta-YU MA-yim yo-she-VE E-rets te-MA be-lakh-MO kid-de-MU no-DED
Exegesis
The verse opens with the infinitive clause liqrat {לִקְרַ֥את | liq·râṯ} ‘to meet’, functioning as a directive toward tsame {צָמֵ֖א | ṣā·mê̄ʼ} ‘the thirsty one’.
In context — Isaiah 21:14
Bring water to the thirsty, inhabitants of the land of Tema ; meet the fugitive with bread.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 21:14, so the Hebrew word לִקְרַ֥את (likrat) 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 Isa.21.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.14.W1.S1) and character.