Judges 14:5:13Judg.14.5.W13TAB

לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃

likrato

to meet him

Transliteration
lik-ra-TO
Extended
lihk-rah-TOH
IPA
/liq.raˈʔaː.toː/

Meaning by language

English
to meet him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לִקְ + רָא + תֽוֹ׃
lik + ra + to
likrato

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    lik-ra-TO

  2. clause

    va-ya-VO-u ad-kar-ME tim-na-TA ve-hin-NE ke-FIR a-ra-YOT sho-EG lik-ra-TO

  3. sentence

    va-YE-red shim-shon ve-a-VIV ve-im-MO tim-na-TA va-ya-VO-u ad-kar-ME tim-na-TA ve-hin-NE ke-FIR a-ra-YOT sho-EG lik-ra-TO

Exegesis

The participle sho’eg {שֹׁאֵג | šō·’ēg} ‘roaring’ adds immediacy, and liqrato {לִקְרָאתוֹ | liq·rā·’ō·ṯô} ‘toward him’ indicates direction, culminating in a vivid, suspenseful encounter.

In contextJudges 14:5

And Samson went down with his father and his mother to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion was roaring as it came toward him.

About this coordinate

Judges 14:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 14:5, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃ (likrato) 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 Judg.14.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.5.W13.S1) and character.