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Daniel 5:7
“The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7123 · Aramaic
- Definition
- {to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)}
- Derivation
- (Aramaic) corresponding to H7121 (קָרָא)
- KJV renderings
- call, cry, read.
- Grammar
- קָרֵ֤א — verb Peal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:18Ezra 4:23Daniel 3:4Daniel 4:11Daniel 5:8
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 קְרָא 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.