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1 Samuel 29:6

“Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

קָרָאqârâʼ · kaw-raw'
H7121 · Hebrew

Definition: to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Derivation: a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 (קָרָא) through the idea of accosting a person met);
KJV renderings: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּקְרָ֨א — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 739 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:5 Genesis 1:5 Genesis 1:8 Genesis 1:10 Genesis 1:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָרָא here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.