Judges 15:19:13Judg.15.19.W13TAB

קָרָ֣א

kara

“he called”

Transliteration: ka-RA
Extended: kaa-RAA
IPA: /qaˈraː/

Meaning by language

English: he called

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Result

קָ + רָ֣א

↓

ka + ra

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kara

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

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Word in context

word
ka-RA
phraseyour reading level
al-KEN ka-RA she-MA
clause
al-KEN ka-RA she-MA EN ha-ko-RE a-SHER bal-le-KHI AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
sentence
va-yiv-KA e-lo-HIM et-ha-mak-TESH a-sher-bal-le-KHI va-yets-U mim-me-NU MA-yim va-YESH-te va-ta-SHAV ru-KHO va-ye-KHI al-KEN ka-RA she-MA EN ha-ko-RE a-SHER bal-le-KHI AD ha-YOM ha-ZE

Exegesis

The conjunction al-ken {עַל־כֵּ֣ן | ʿal-kēn} ‘therefore’ introduces the naming clause kara shmah {קָרָ֣א שְׁמָ֗הּ | qārāʾ šəmāh}, assigning the toponym ‘ein hakkore {עֵ֤ין הַקּוֹרֵא֙ | ʿên ha-qôrēʾ}.

In context — Judges 15:19

And God split open the hollow place at Lehi, and water issued from it. He drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he named it Spring of the Caller, which remains in Lehi to this day.

About this coordinate

Judges 15:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 15:19, so the Hebrew word קָרָ֣א (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 Judg.15.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.19.W13.S1) and character.

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