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Esther 8:9
“Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.” (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
- יִּקָּרְא֣וּ — 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.