Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 6:2
“And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קָרָאqârâʼ · kaw-raw'
H7121 · Hebrew
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
- יִּקְרְא֣וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 739 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:8Genesis 1:10Genesis 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.
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.