Lexical Summary qara: to encounter, befall Original Word: קָרָאTransliteration: qara Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-raw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to encounter, befall Meaning: to encounter, befall Strong's Concordance befall, by chance, cause to come upon, fall out, happen, meet A primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner -- befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7122. qara II. [קָרָא]137 verb encounter, befall ("" form of קָרָה, q. v.; SI4 לקרת to meet, opposite; Arabic put part to part; Minaean קרא set opposite, HomChrest. 127); — Qal131 Perfect53 masculine singular suffix קְרָאַנִי Jeremiah 13:22; Job 4:2-3;feminine singular קָרָאת Deuteronomy 31:29; Jeremiah 44:23, etc; Imperfect43masculine singular יִקְרָא Genesis 49:1, suffix יִקְרָאֶנוּ 42:4; 3feminine plural וַתִּקְרֶאנָה Leviticus 10:19; Exodus 1:10 read 3 feminine singular suffix תִּקְרָאֵנוּ (⅏ Vrss Di Ges§ 47k SoKau Baen); infinitive construct121 לקְרַאת (Ges§ 19k Ol§ 137), Genesis 15:10 +, etc.; Participle feminine plural suffix קרְאִתַיִךְ Isaiah 51:19; — 1 meet, encounter, only infinitive construct לִקְרַאת often= preposition toward, against (Köii. l, 317), almost always with accusative of person, after verb of motion, Isaiah 7:3; Genesis 19:1; 24:17; Judges 4:18, 22; 1 Kings 2:8 +; in war, battle, Judges 7:24; 20:25, 31; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Kings 20:27 +, after עָרַךְ 2 Samuel 10:9-10, 7 +, Psalm 35:3 see סגר 2b; הַמִּלְחָמָה לִק לִבָּם ׳לְחַזֵּק Joshua 11:20 to harden their heart to encounter the war with Israel; after הִנֵּה (without verb of motion), 1 Samuel 10:10; 2 Samuel 15:32; 16:1; 1 Kings 18:7; Proverbs 7:10; in construction praegn. לִק ׳וַיִשְׂמַח Judges 19:3 he rejoiced to meet him, + 1 Samuel 6:13 (ᵐ5 We Dr and others); לִק ׳חרד 2 Kings 10:15, נצב Exodus 5:20; 7:15; Numbers 22:34, etc.; redund. י ׳יִקָּרֶה ׳לִק 23:3; implication of helping, Isaiah 21:14; Psalm 59:6 (figurative); ׳לִק נְחָשִׁים Numbers 24:1 he did not go to encounter (in expectation of) signs of divination; in metaphor Isaiah 14:9, "" ׳לִק אֱםהֶי Amos 4:12 2 figurative befall with accusative of person, bad sense Genesis 42:4, 38; Deuteronomy 31:29; Jeremiah 13:22; 44:23; Isaiah 51:19; Job 4:14; Leviticus 10:19; of war Exodus 1:10 (see above) in General, Genesis 49:1. Niph`al meet unexpectedly; Perfect3masculine singular נִקְרָא, with עַל person Exodus 5:3; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקָּרֵא, with לִפְנֵי person 2 Samuel 18:9; Perfect 20:1 with שָׁם, chanced to be there; Imperfect of bird's nest Deuteronomy 22:6 (לִפְנֵי); Infinitive absolute נִקְרֹא see קרה. Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular וַחַקְרֵא Jeremiah 32:23 thou didst cause all this evil to befall them (accusative of person and thing). [קְרַאת], לִקְרַאת to meet, see II. קדא. p. 896. |