Judges 20:25:3Judg.20.25.W3TAB
לִקְרָאתָ֥ם
likratam
“to meet them”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TAM
- Extended
- lihq-raa-TAM
- IPA
- /liq.raːˈtɑːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet them
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lik-ra-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSE bin-ya-MIN lik-ra-TAM min-ha-giv-A
- clause
va-ye-TSE bin-ya-MIN lik-ra-TAM min-ha-giv-A ba-YOM ha-she-NI va-yash-khi-TU viv-NE yis-ra-EL OD she-MO-nat a-SAR E-lef ISH AR-tsa
- sentence
va-ye-TSE bin-ya-MIN lik-ra-TAM min-ha-giv-A ba-YOM ha-she-NI va-yash-khi-TU viv-NE yis-ra-EL OD she-MO-nat a-SAR E-lef ISH AR-tsa kol-E-le shol-FE kha-REV
Exegesis
Purpose is expressed by the infinitive construct liqrāʾāṯām {לִקְרָאתָם | liqrāʾāṯām} ‘to meet them’.
In context — Judges 20:25
And Benjamin went out from Gibeah to meet them on the second day, and again struck down eighteen thousand men of the sons of Israel, all these wielders of the sword.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:25, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתָ֥ם (likratam) 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.20.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.25.W3.S1) and character.