Numbers 20:18:9Num.20.18.W9TAB
לִקְרָאתֶֽךָ׃
likratekha
“against you”
- Transliteration
- li-kra-TE-kha
- Extended
- li-kraa-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /likraːˈteːkʰa/
Meaning by language
- English
- against you
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-kra-TE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
e-TSE li-kra-TE-kha
- clause
pen-ba-KHE-rev e-TSE li-kra-TE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-la-VU e-DOM LO ta-a-VOR BI pen-ba-KHE-rev e-TSE li-kra-TE-kha
Exegesis
The result etze {אֵצֵ֥א | ʾê-ṣêʾ} ‘I will go out’ (Qal imperfect 1cs) states the response, and likratekha {לִקְרָאתֶֽךָ | lī-qra-ʾā-te-kha} ‘to meet you’ clarifies purpose. Hebrew word order places the threat immediately after the prohibition; English renders pen as “lest” (formal) or “or” (dynamic) to preserve its concessive nuance.
Root and etymology
Rootqof-resh-aleph
“meet, encounter”
In context — Numbers 20:18
But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I go out to meet you with the sword .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 20:18, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתֶֽךָ׃ (likratekha) 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.20.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.18.W9.S1) and character.