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Esther 3:12
“Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.” (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
- יִּקָּרְאוּ֩ — verb Niphal, 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.