Numbers 16:12:3Num.16.12.W3TAB
לִקְרֹ֖א
likro
“to call”
- Transliteration
- lik-RO
- Extended
- lih-kROH
- IPA
- /likˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to call
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-RO
- clause
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH lik-RO le-da-TAN u-la-a-vi-RAM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH lik-RO le-da-TAN u-la-a-vi-RAM be-NEI e-li-AV va-yo-mru LO na-a-LEH
Exegesis
The infinitive construct liqro {לִקְרֹא | liqrōʾ} ‘to call’ expresses purpose.
Root and etymology
Rootqof-resh-aleph
“to call, summon”
In context — Numbers 16:12
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not go up .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:12, so the Hebrew word לִקְרֹ֖א (likro) 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 Num.16.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.12.W3.S1) and character.