Numbers 23:15:7Num.23.15.W7TAB
אִקָּ֥רֶה
ikkareh
“will go to meet”
- Transliteration
- ik-ka-REH
- Extended
- ikh-kah-REH
- IPA
- /ʔikˈkaːrɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will go to meet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ik-ka-REH
- phraseyour reading level
ik-ka-REH KOH
- clause
ve-a-no-KHI ik-ka-REH KOH
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-ba-LAK hit-ya-TSEV KOH al-o-la-TE-kha ve-a-no-KHI ik-ka-REH KOH
Exegesis
The conjunction wəʾānōḵî {וְאָנֹכִ֖י | wəʾānōḵî} foregrounds the speaker’s personal agency before the Niphal imperfect ʾiqqārēh {אִקָּ֥רֶה | ʾiqqārēh}, which conveys future intent “I will meet.”
Root and etymology
ק־ר־אq-r-ʾ
“to call, meet”
In context — Numbers 23:15
And he said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering , and I will go over there to meet him.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 23:15, so the Hebrew word אִקָּ֥רֶה (ikkareh) 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.23.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.15.W7.S1) and character.