Original Language Studio
2 Samuel 18:28
“And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- יִּקְרָ֣א — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- 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.