Numbers 21:33:8Num.21.33.W8TAB
לִקְרָאתָ֜ם
likratam
“to meet them”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TAM
- Extended
- lik-raa-TAM
- IPA
- /likraːˈtam/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-ra-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSE OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN lik-ra-TAM
- clause
va-ye-TSE OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN lik-ra-TAM HU ve-KHOL-am-MO la-mil-kha-MA ed-re-I
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-a-LU DE-rekh ha-ba-SHAN va-ye-TSE OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN lik-ra-TAM HU ve-KHOL-am-MO la-mil-kha-MA ed-re-I
Exegesis
The infinitive construct liqrāʾām {לִקְרָאתָם | liqrāʾām} marks Og’s purpose ‘to meet them’.
In context — Numbers 21:33
And they turned and went up by the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out to meet them, he and all his people, for the battle at Edrei .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 21:33, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתָ֜ם (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 Num.21.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.33.W8.S1) and character.