Genesis 24:17:3Gen.24.17.W3PAT
לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ
likratah
“to meet her”
- Transliteration
- lik-ra-TAH
- Extended
- lihk-rah-TAAH
- IPA
- /liq.raːˈθaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to meet her
- French
- à sa rencontre
- Spanish
- a su encuentro
- Portuguese
- ao encontro dela
- German
- ihr entgegen
- Russian
- встретить её
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِمُلَاقَاتِهَا
- Hindi
- उससे मिलने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 去迎接她
- Korean
- 그녀를 맞으러
- Indonesian
- untuk menemuinya
- Bengali
- তার সঙ্গে দেখা করতে
- Tagalog
- upang salubungin siya
- Swahili
- kumlaki
- Amharic
- ሊገናኛት
- Yoruba
- lati pade rẹ
- Igbo
- izute ya
- Twi
- hyia no
- Ewe
- be yeakpe eŋu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לִקְ + רָא + תָ֑הּ
↓
lik + ra + tah
↓
likratah
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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
lik-ra-TAH
- clause
va-ya-RATS ha-E-ved lik-ra-TAH
- sentence
va-ya-RATS ha-E-ved lik-ra-TAH va-yo-MER hag-mi-I-ni NA me-at-MA-yim mik-ka-DEKH
In context — Genesis 24:17
the servant ran to meet her he said let me drink please a little water from your jar
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 24:17, so the Hebrew word לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ (likratah) 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 Gen.24.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.17.W3.S1) and character.