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Exodus 17:7
“And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?” (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
- יִּקְרָא֙ — 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.