Judges 19:3:20Judg.19.3.W20TAB
לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃
likrato
“to meet him”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TO
- Extended
- lihk-rah-TOH
- IPA
- /liqraˈʔtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet him
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
lik-ra-TO
- clause
va-te-vi-E-hu BET a-VI-ha va-yir-E-hu a-VI han-na-a-RA va-yis-MAKH lik-ra-TO
- sentence
va-ya-KAM i-SHA va-YE-lekh a-khe-RE-ha le-dab-BER al-li-BA le-ha-shi-VO la-ha-shi-VA ve-na-a-RO im-MO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM va-te-vi-E-hu BET a-VI-ha va-yir-E-hu a-VI han-na-a-RA va-yis-MAKH lik-ra-TO
Exegesis
The final vayismach {וַיִּשְׂמַ֖ח | wa-yis-ma-aḥ} ‘and he rejoiced’ with liq-rā-ṯō {לִקְרָאתֽוֹ | liq-rā-ṯō} ‘to meet him’ conveys the father’s emotional response. English renders the narrative in past tense to mirror the Hebrew perfective sequence, and retains the Hebrew idiom ‘to speak to her heart’ for its emotional nuance.
In context — Judges 19:3
Then her husband arose and went after her to speak to her heart , to bring her back, accompanied by his servant and a pair of donkeys. She led him into her father’s house, and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:3:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Judges 19:3, 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.19.3.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.3.W20.S1) and character.