Leviticus 25:10:6Lev.25.10.W6TAB

וּקְרָאתֶ֥ם

ookratem

proclaim

Transliteration
oo-kra-TEM
Extended
oo-krah-TEM
IPA
/u.kra.ˈtem/

Meaning by language

English
proclaim

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Result
וּ + קְרָא + תֶ֥ם
oo + kra + tem
ookratem

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
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
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    oo-kra-TEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    oo-kra-TEM deh-ROHR

  3. clause

    ve-ki-dash-TEM ET she-NAT ha-kha-mi-SHEEM sha-NA oo-kra-TEM deh-ROHR bah-AH-rets leh-KHOL-yosh-VE-hah

  4. sentence

    ve-ki-dash-TEM ET she-NAT ha-kha-mi-SHEEM sha-NA oo-kra-TEM deh-ROHR bah-AH-rets leh-KHOL-yosh-VE-hah yo-VEL HI tih-YEH la-KHEM ve-shav-TEM ISH el-a-khu-zah-TOH veh-ISH el-mish-pakh-TOH ta-shu-VU

Exegesis

The Qal perfect uqratem {וּקְרָאתֶם | u-qra-tem} “and you shall proclaim” introduces dror {דְּרוֹר | də-rôr} “liberty,” enacted ba-arets {בָּאָ֖רֶץ | bā-ʼā-reṣ} “in the land” for le-khol yoshveha {לְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶיהָ | lə-khol yōš-vê-hā} “to all its inhabitants,” indicating universal release.

In contextLeviticus 25:10

And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants; it shall be a Jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his property and to his family.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 25:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 25:10, so the Hebrew word וּקְרָאתֶ֥ם (ookratem) 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 Lev.25.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.10.W6.S1) and character.