Job 19:16:2Job.19.16.W2TAB
קָּ֭רָאתִי
karati
“I called”
- Transliteration
- ka-RA-ti
- Extended
- kaa-RAA-tih
- IPA
- /qaˈraː.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I called
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ka-RA-ti
- clause
le-av-DI ka-RA-ti ve-LO ya-a-NE
- sentence
le-av-DI ka-RA-ti ve-LO ya-a-NE be-MO-PI et-kha-NEN-LO
Exegesis
velo yaaneh {קָּרָאתִי ... וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה | qārāṯî ... wə-lōʾ yaʿăneh} sets an expectation-and-denial pattern: a completed initiative (“I called”) is met by an unfulfilled, ongoing expectation (“he does not answer”).
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–resh–aleph
“to call, proclaim”
In context — Job 19:16
I called to my servant , but he does not answer; with my own mouth I entreat him .
About this coordinate
Job 19:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 19:16, so the Hebrew word קָּ֭רָאתִי (karati) 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 Job.19.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.16.W2.S1) and character.