Lexical Definition

‎קָרָא‎ qârâʼ (kaw-raw') to encounter: meet ^H:V
a primitive root

befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.

• to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner

1) to encounter, befall, meet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to meet, encounter
1a2) to befall (fig)
1b) (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet

Extended Information

meaning of: קָרָא

• : happen[unexpectedly]

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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, Hom^{Chrest. 127}); —

Qal₁₃₁ Perfect₅₃ masculine singular suffix ‎קְרָאַנִי‎ Jer 13:22; Job 4:2 3 feminine singular ‎קָרָאת‎ Deut 31:29; Jer 44:23, etc; Imperfect₄ 3 masculine singular ‎יִקְרָא‎ Gen 49:1, suffix ‎יִקְרָאֶנוּ‎ Gen 42:4 3 feminine plural ‎וַתִּקְרֶאנָה‎ Lev 10:19; Exod 1:10 read 3 feminine singular suffix ‎תִּקְרָאֵנוּ‎ (⅏ Vrss Di Ges^{«GKC:47k»§ 47k} So^Kau Baen); infinitive construct₁₂₁ ‎לקְרַאת‎ (Ges^{«GKC:19k»§ 19k} Ol^{§ 137}), Gen 15:10 +, etc.; Participle feminine plural suffix ‎קרְאִתַיִךְ‎ Isa 51:19 —

1. meet, encounter, only infinitive construct ‎לִקְרַאת‎ often= preposition toward, against (Kö^{ii. l, 317}), almost always with accusative of person, after verb of motion, Isa 7:3; Gen 19:1; Gen 24:17; Judg 4:18; Judg 4:22; 1Kgs 2:8 +; in war, battle, Judg 7:24; Judg 20:25; Judg 20:31; 1Sam 4:1; 1Kgs 20:27 +, after ‎עָרַךְ‎ 2Sam 10:9; 2Sam 10:10; 2Sam 10:7 +, Ps 35:3 see ‎סגר‎ 2 b; ‎׳‎‎לְחַזֵּק לִבָּם לִק‎ ‎הַמִּלְחָמָה‎ Josh 11:20 to harden their heart to encounter the war with Israel; after ‎הִנֵּה‎ (without verb of motion), 1Sam 10:10; 2Sam 15:32; 2Sam 16:1; 1Kgs 18:7; Prov 7:10 in construction praegn. ‎׳‎‎וַיִשְׂמַח לִק‎ Judg 19:3 he rejoiced to meet him, + 1Sam 6:13 (ᵐ5 We Dr and others); ‎׳‎‎חרד לִק‎ 2Kgs 10:15, ‎נצב‎ Exod 5:20; Exod 7:15; Num 22:34, etc.; redund. ‎׳‎‎לִק‎ ‎׳‎‎יִקָּרֶה י‎ Num 23:3 implication of helping, Isa 21:14; Ps 59:6* (figurative); ‎נְחָשִׁים‎ ‎׳‎‎לִק‎ Num 24:1 he did not go to encounter (in expectation of) signs of divination; in metaphor Isa 14:9, || ‎אֱםהֶי‎ ‎׳‎‎לִק‎ Amos 4:12

2. figurative befall with accusative of person, bad sense Gen 42:4; Gen 42:38; Deut 31:29; Jer 13:22; Jer 44:23; Isa 51:19; Job 4:14; Lev 10:19 of war Exod 1:10 (see above) in general, Gen 49:1. Niph`al meet unexpectedly; Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִקְרָא‎, with ‎עַל‎ person Exod 5:3 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּקָּרֵא‎, with ‎לִפְנֵי‎ person 2Sam 18:9 Perfect 2Sam 20:1 with ‎שָׁם‎, chanced to be there; Imperfect of bird's nest Deut 22:6 (‎לִפְנֵי‎); Infinitive absolute ‎נִקְרֹא‎ see ‎קרה‎. Hiph`il Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎וַחַקְרֵא‎ Jer 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.

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