קָרָא
to call
also: call out, recite, read, cry out fuller range ↓
H7121
Strong's Hebrew
qârâʼ
Transliteration
/kaw-raw'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
739
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
- (Qal)
- to call, cry, utter a loud sound
- to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
- to proclaim
- to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
- to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
- to call, name, give name to, call by
- (Niphal)
- to call oneself
- to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
- (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
- Preposition
- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘call’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘reflex.’
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel.
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 57 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 208 times (28%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 48 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 37 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 36 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 33 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular 32 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 29 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 29 times (4%)
+49 more forms (287 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 739 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 3 of 4 — showing verses 401–600 of 689 distinct verses where H7121 appears, across 37 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Esther 10 verses
- Esther 8:9 וַ/יִּקָּרְא֣וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] of it; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
- Esther 9:26 קָֽרְאוּ֩ Qal pf 3cp Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,
Job 10 verses
- Job 1:4 וְ/קָרְאוּ֙ conj + Qal pf 3cp His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
- Job 5:1 קְֽרָא Qal impv 2ms "Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- Job 9:16 קָרָ֥אתִי Qal pf 1cs If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he listened to my voice.
- Job 12:4 קֹרֵ֣א Qal ptcp.act ms I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
- Job 13:22 וּ֭/קְרָא conj + Qal impv 2ms Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and you answer me.
- Job 14:15 תִּ֭קְרָא Qal impf 2ms You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.
- Job 17:14 קָ֭רָאתִי Qal pf 1cs If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' To the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
- Job 19:16 קָ֭רָאתִי Qal pf 1cs I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer; I beg him with my mouth.
- Job 27:10 יִקְרָ֖א Qal impf 3ms Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call on God at all times?
- Job 42:14 וַ/יִּקְרָ֤א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.
Psalms 53 verses
- Psalms 3:4 אֶקְרָ֑א Qal impf 1cs I cry to Yahweh with my voice, And he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- Psalms 4:1 בְּ/קָרְאִ֡/י prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 4:3 בְּ/קָרְאִ֥/י prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
- Psalms 14:4 קָרָֽאוּ Qal pf 3cp Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And don't call on Yahweh?
- Psalms 17:6 קְרָאתִ֣י/ךָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms I have called on you, for you will answer me, God: Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
- Psalms 18:3 אֶקְרָ֣א Qal impf 1cs I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; And I am saved from my enemies.
- Psalms 18:6 אֶֽקְרָ֣א Qal impf 1cs In my distress I called on Yahweh, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalms 20:9 קָרְאֵֽ/נוּ Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cp Save, Yahweh; Let the King answer us when we call!
- Psalms 22:2 אֶקְרָ֣א Qal impf 1cs My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; In the night season, and am not silent.
- Psalms 27:7 אֶקְרָ֗א Qal impf 1cs Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
- Psalms 28:1 אֶקְרָ֗א Qal impf 1cs To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don't be deaf to me; Lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
- Psalms 30:8 אֶקְרָ֑א Qal impf 1cs I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:
- Psalms 31:17 קְרָאתִ֑י/ךָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.
- Psalms 34:6 קָ֭רָא Qal pf 3ms This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
- Psalms 42:7 ק֭וֹרֵא Qal ptcp.act ms Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
- Psalms 49:11 קָֽרְא֥וּ Qal pf 3cp Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, And their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
- Psalms 50:1 וַ/יִּקְרָא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, And calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
- Psalms 50:4 יִקְרָ֣א Qal impf 3ms He calls to the heavens above, To the earth, that he may judge his people:
- Psalms 50:15 וּ֭/קְרָאֵ/נִי conj + Qal impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
- Psalms 53:4 קָרָֽאוּ Qal pf 3cp Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And don't call on God?
- Psalms 55:16 אֶקְרָ֑א Qal impf 1cs As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.
- Psalms 56:9 אֶקְרָ֑א Qal impf 1cs Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.
- Psalms 57:2 אֶ֭קְרָא Qal impf 1cs I cry out to God Most High, To God who accomplishes my requests for me.
- Psalms 61:2 אֶ֭קְרָא Qal impf 1cs From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- Psalms 66:17 קָרָ֑אתִי Qal pf 1cs I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
- Psalms 69:3 בְ/קָרְאִ/י֮ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- Psalms 79:6 קָרָֽאוּ Qal pf 3cp Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; On the kingdoms that don't call on your name;
- Psalms 80:18 נִקְרָֽא Qal impf 1cp So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
- Psalms 81:7 קָרָ֗אתָ Qal pf 2ms You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah.
- Psalms 86:3 אֶ֝קְרָ֗א Qal impf 1cs Be merciful to me, Lord, For I call to you all day long.
- Psalms 86:5 קֹרְאֶֽי/ךָ Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 2ms For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; Abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
- Psalms 86:7 אֶקְרָאֶ֗/ךָּ Qal impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms In the day of my trouble I will call on you, For you will answer me.
- Psalms 88:9 קְרָאתִ֣י/ךָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
- Psalms 89:26 יִ֭קְרָאֵ/נִי Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs He will call to me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!'
- Psalms 91:15 יִקְרָאֵ֨/נִי Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
- Psalms 99:6 בְּ/קֹרְאֵ֣י קֹרִ֥אים prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs Qal ptcp.act mp Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his name; They called on Yahweh, and he answered them.
- Psalms 102:2 אֶ֝קְרָ֗א Qal impf 1cs Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
- Psalms 105:1 קִרְא֣וּ Qal impv 2mp Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
- Psalms 105:16 וַ/יִּקְרָ֣א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
- Psalms 116:2 אֶקְרָֽא Qal impf 1cs Because he has turned his ear to me, Therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
- Psalms 116:4 אֶקְרָ֑א Qal impf 1cs Then called I on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul."
- Psalms 116:13 אֶקְרָֽא Qal impf 1cs I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh.
- Psalms 116:17 אֶקְרָֽא Qal impf 1cs I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on the name of Yahweh.
- Psalms 118:5 קָרָ֣אתִי Qal pf 1cs Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
- Psalms 119:145 קָרָ֣אתִי Qal pf 1cs I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
- Psalms 119:146 קְרָאתִ֥י/ךָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
- Psalms 120:1 קָ֝רָ֗אתִי Qal pf 1cs In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
- Psalms 130:1 קְרָאתִ֣י/ךָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
- Psalms 138:3 קָ֭רָֽאתִי Qal pf 1cs In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
- Psalms 141:1 קְ֭רָאתִי/ךָ בְּ/קָרְאִ/י Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
- Psalms 145:18 קֹרְאָ֑י/ו יִקְרָאֻ֣/הוּ Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Qal impf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, To all who call on him in truth.
- Psalms 147:4 יִקְרָֽא Qal impf 3ms He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
- Psalms 147:9 יִקְרָֽאוּ Qal impf 3mp He provides food for the cattle, And for the young ravens when they call.
Proverbs 17 verses
- Proverbs 1:21 תִּ֫קְרָ֥א Qal impf 3fs She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
- Proverbs 1:24 קָ֭רָאתִי Qal pf 1cs Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
- Proverbs 1:28 יִ֭קְרָאֻ/נְנִי Qal impf 3mp + sfx pers 1cs Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
- Proverbs 2:3 תִקְרָ֑א Qal impf 2ms Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
- Proverbs 7:4 תִקְרָֽא Qal impf 2ms Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,
- Proverbs 8:1 תִקְרָ֑א Qal impf 3fs Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice?
- Proverbs 8:4 אֶקְרָ֑א Qal impf 1cs "To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
- Proverbs 9:3 תִקְרָ֑א Qal impf 3fs She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
- Proverbs 9:15 לִ/קְרֹ֥א prep + Qal inf.cs To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their ways,
- Proverbs 9:18 קְרֻאֶֽי/הָ Qal ptcp.pass mp cs + sfx pers 3fs But he doesn't know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Proverbs 12:23 יִקְרָ֥א Qal impf 3ms A prudent man keeps his knowledge, But the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
- Proverbs 16:21 יִקָּרֵ֣א Niphal impf 3ms The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
- Proverbs 18:6 יִקְרָֽא Qal impf 3ms A fool's lips come into strife, And his mouth invites beatings.
- Proverbs 20:6 יִ֭קְרָא Qal impf 3ms Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, But who can find a faithful man?
- Proverbs 21:13 יִ֝קְרָ֗א Qal impf 3ms Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, He will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
- Proverbs 24:8 יִקְרָֽאוּ Qal impf 3mp One who plots to do evil Will be called a schemer.
- Proverbs 27:16 יִקְרָֽא Qal impf 3ms Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 82 verses
- Isaiah 1:13 קְרֹ֣א Qal inf.cs Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.
- Isaiah 1:26 יִקָּ֤רֵא Niphal impf 3ms I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called 'The city of righteousness, A faithful town.'
- Isaiah 4:1 יִקָּרֵ֤א Niphal impf 3ms Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach."
- Isaiah 6:3 וְ/קָרָ֨א conj + Qal wpf 3ms One called to another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Hosts! The whole earth is full of his glory!"
- Isaiah 6:4 הַ/קּוֹרֵ֑א ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
- Isaiah 7:14 וְ/קָרָ֥את conj + Qal wpf 3fs Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- Isaiah 8:3 קְרָ֣א Qal impv 2ms I went to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said Yahweh to me, Call his name Maher Shalal Hash Baz.
- Isaiah 8:4 קְרֹ֖א Qal inf.cs For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 9:6 וַ/יִּקְרָ֨א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 12:4 קִרְא֣וּ Qal impv 2mp In that day you will say, "Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
- Isaiah 13:3 קָרָ֤אתִי Qal pf 1cs I have commanded my consecrated ones, yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
- Isaiah 14:20 יִקָּרֵ֥א Niphal impf 3ms You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever.
- Isaiah 21:8 וַ/יִּקְרָ֖א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He cried as a lion: Lord, I stand continually on the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;
- Isaiah 21:11 קֹרֵ֣א Qal ptcp.act ms The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
- Isaiah 22:12 וַ/יִּקְרָ֗א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms In that day did the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- Isaiah 22:20 וְ/קָרָ֣אתִי conj + Qal wpf 1cs It shall happen in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
- Isaiah 29:11 קְרָ֣א Qal impv 2ms All vision is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this, I pray you; and he says, I can't, for it is sealed:
- Isaiah 29:12 קְרָ֣א Qal impv 2ms and the book is delivered to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you; and he says, I am not learned.
- Isaiah 30:7 קָרָ֣אתִי Qal pf 1cs For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.
- Isaiah 31:4 יִקָּרֵ֤א Niphal impf 3ms For thus says Yahweh to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds are called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Yahweh of Hosts come down to fight on Mount Zion, and on the hill of it.
- Isaiah 32:5 יִקָּרֵ֥א Niphal impf 3ms The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
- Isaiah 34:12 יִקְרָ֑אוּ Qal impf 3mp They shall call the nobles of it to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.
- Isaiah 34:14 יִקְרָ֑א Qal impf 3ms The wild animals of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yes, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.
- Isaiah 34:16 וּֽ/קְרָ֔אוּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Seek you out of the book of Yahweh, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it has commanded, and his Spirit, it has gathered them.
- Isaiah 35:8 יִקָּ֣רֵא Niphal impf 3ms A highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but is shall be for for him who walks in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.
- Isaiah 36:13 וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear you the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 37:14 וַ/יִּקְרָאֵ֑/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh, and spread it before Yahweh.
- Isaiah 40:2 וְ/קִרְא֣וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh's hand double for all her sins.
- Isaiah 40:3 קוֹרֵ֔א Qal ptcp.act ms The voice of one who cries, Prepare you in the wilderness the way of Yahweh; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
- Isaiah 40:6 קְרָ֔א אֶקְרָ֑א Qal impv 2ms Qal impf 1cs The voice of one saying, Cry. One said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of it is as the flower of the field.
- Isaiah 40:26 יִקְרָ֔א Qal impf 3ms Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number; he calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
- Isaiah 41:2 יִקְרָאֵ֣/הוּ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Who has raised up one from the east, whom he calls in righteousness to his foot? he gives nations before him, and makes him rule over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
- Isaiah 41:4 קֹרֵ֥א Qal ptcp.act ms Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.
- Isaiah 41:9 קְרָאתִ֑י/ךָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners of it, and said to you, You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;
- Isaiah 41:25 יִקְרָ֣א Qal impf 3ms I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun one who calls on my name: and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
- Isaiah 42:6 קְרָאתִ֥י/ךָֽ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
- Isaiah 43:1 קָרָ֥אתִי Qal pf 1cs But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
- Isaiah 43:7 הַ/נִּקְרָ֣א ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act ms everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.
- Isaiah 43:22 קָרָ֖אתָ Qal pf 2ms Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.
- Isaiah 44:5 יִקְרָ֣א Qal impf 3ms One shall say, I am Yahweh's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand to Yahweh, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
- Isaiah 44:7 יִקְרָ֗א Qal impf 3ms Who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall happen, let them declare.
- Isaiah 45:3 הַ/קּוֹרֵ֥א ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms and I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 45:4 וָ/אֶקְרָ֤א conj + Qal wimpf 1cs For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name: I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
- Isaiah 46:11 קֹרֵ֤א Qal ptcp.act ms calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
- Isaiah 47:1 יִקְרְאוּ Qal impf 3mp Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
- Isaiah 47:5 יִקְרְאוּ Qal impf 3mp Sit you silent, and get you into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.
- Isaiah 48:1 הַ/נִּקְרָאִים֙ ptcl def.art + Niphal ptcp.act mp Hear you this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
- Isaiah 48:2 נִקְרָ֔אוּ Niphal pf 3cp (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Hosts is his name):
- Isaiah 48:8 קֹ֥רָא Pual pf 3ms Yes, you didn't hear; yes, you didn't know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you did deal very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
- Isaiah 48:12 מְקֹרָאִ֑/י Pual ptcp.pass ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
- Isaiah 48:13 קֹרֵ֥א Qal ptcp.act ms Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together.
- Isaiah 48:15 קְרָאתִ֑י/ו Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
- Isaiah 49:1 קְרָאָ֔/נִי Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs Listen, isles, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:
- Isaiah 50:2 קָרָֽאתִי֮ Qal pf 1cs Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
- Isaiah 51:2 קְרָאתִ֔י/ו Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
- Isaiah 54:5 יִקָּרֵֽא Niphal impf 3ms For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Isaiah 54:6 קְרָאָ֣/ךְ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 2fs For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, says your God.
- Isaiah 55:5 תִּקְרָ֔א Qal impf 2ms Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.
- Isaiah 55:6 קְרָאֻ֖/הוּ Qal impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms Seek you Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
- Isaiah 56:7 יִקָּרֵ֖א Niphal impf 3ms even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
- Isaiah 58:1 קְרָ֤א Qal impv 2ms Cry aloud, don't spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Isaiah 58:5 תִּקְרָא Qal impf 2ms Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
- Isaiah 58:9 תִּקְרָא֙ Qal impf 2ms Then shall you call, and Yahweh will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
- Isaiah 58:12 וְ/קֹרָ֤א conj + Pual wpf 3ms Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
- Isaiah 58:13 וְ/קָרָ֨אתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking [your own] words:
- Isaiah 59:4 קֹרֵ֣א Qal ptcp.act ms None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Isaiah 60:14 וְ/קָ֤רְאוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you; and all those who despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you The city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 60:18 וְ/קָרָ֤את conj + Qal wpf 2fs Violence shall no more be heard in your land, desolation nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
- Isaiah 61:1 לִ/קְרֹ֤א prep + Qal inf.cs The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble; he has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to those who are bound;
- Isaiah 61:2 לִ/קְרֹ֤א prep + Qal inf.cs to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
- Isaiah 61:3 וְ/קֹרָ֤א conj + Pual wpf 3ms to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
- Isaiah 61:6 תִּקָּרֵ֔אוּ Niphal impf 2mp But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men shall call you the ministers of our God: you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves.
- Isaiah 62:2 וְ/קֹ֤רָא conj + Pual wpf 3ms The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of Yahweh shall name.
- Isaiah 62:4 יִקָּרֵא֙ Niphal impf 3ms You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married.
- Isaiah 62:12 וְ/קָרְא֥וּ יִקָּרֵ֣א conj + Qal wpf 3cp Niphal impf 3ms They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Yahweh: and you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
- Isaiah 63:19 נִקְרָ֥א Niphal pf 3ms We are become as they over whom you never bear rule, as those who were not called by your name.
- Isaiah 64:7 קוֹרֵ֣א Qal ptcp.act ms There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you; for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
- Isaiah 65:1 קֹרָ֥א Pual pf 3ms I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who didn't seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.
- Isaiah 65:12 קָרָ֨אתִי֙ Qal pf 1cs I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight.
- Isaiah 65:15 יִקְרָ֖א Qal impf 3ms You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name:
- Isaiah 65:24 יִקְרָ֖אוּ Qal impf 3mp It shall happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Isaiah 66:4 קָרָ֨אתִי֙ Qal pf 1cs I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight.
Jeremiah 58 verses
- Jeremiah 1:15 קֹרֵ֗א Qal ptcp.act ms For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Yahweh; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls of it round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 2:2 וְ/קָֽרָאתָ֩ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
- Jeremiah 3:4 קראתי קָרָ֥את Qal pf 2fs Qal pf 2fs Will you not from this time cry to me, My Father, you are the guide of my youth?
- Jeremiah 3:12 וְ/קָֽרָאתָ֩ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says Yahweh; I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful, says Yahweh, I will not keep [anger] forever.
- Jeremiah 3:17 יִקְרְא֤וּ Qal impf 3mp At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Yahweh; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
- Jeremiah 3:19 תקראו תִּקְרְאִי לִ֔/י Qal impf 2mp Qal impf 2fs prep + sfx pers 1cs But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
- Jeremiah 4:5 קִרְא֤וּ Qal impv 2mp Declare you in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow you the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
- Jeremiah 4:20 נִקְרָ֔א Niphal pf 3ms Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains in a moment.
- Jeremiah 6:30 קָרְא֖וּ Qal pf 3cp Refuse silver shall men them, because Yahweh has rejected them.
- Jeremiah 7:2 וְ/קָרָ֣אתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Stand in the gate of Yahweh's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 7:10 נִקְרָא Niphal pf 3ms and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations?
- Jeremiah 7:11 נִקְרָֽא Niphal pf 3ms Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 7:13 וָ/אֶקְרָ֥א conj + Qal wimpf 1cs Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:
- Jeremiah 7:14 נִֽקְרָא Niphal pf 3ms therefore will I do to the house which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
- Jeremiah 7:27 וְ/קָרָ֥אתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.
- Jeremiah 7:30 נִקְרָא Niphal pf 3ms For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, says Yahweh: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
- Jeremiah 9:17 וְ/קִרְא֥וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:
- Jeremiah 10:25 קָרָ֑אוּ Qal pf 3cp Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you, and on the families that don't call on your name: for they have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
- Jeremiah 11:6 קְרָ֨א Qal impv 2ms Yahweh said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this covenant, and do them.
- Jeremiah 11:14 קָרְאָ֥/ם Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
- Jeremiah 11:16 קָרָ֥א Qal pf 3ms Yahweh called your name, A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and the branches of it are broken.
- Jeremiah 12:6 קָרְא֥וּ Qal pf 3cp For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don't believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
- Jeremiah 14:9 נִקְרָ֖א Niphal pf 3ms Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can't save? yet you, Yahweh, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; don't leave us.
- Jeremiah 15:16 נִקְרָ֤א Niphal pf 3ms Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of hosts.
- Jeremiah 19:2 וְ/קָרָ֣אתָ conj + Qal wpf 2ms and go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;
- Jeremiah 19:6 יִקָּרֵא֩ Niphal impf 3ms therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.
- Jeremiah 20:3 קָרָ֤א Qal pf 3ms It happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.
- Jeremiah 20:8 אֶקְרָ֑א Qal impf 1cs For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Yahweh is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.
- Jeremiah 23:6 יִקְרְא֖/וֹ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
- Jeremiah 25:29 נִֽקְרָא קֹרֵא֙ Niphal pf 3ms Qal ptcp.act ms For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 29:12 וּ/קְרָאתֶ֤ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
- Jeremiah 29:29 וַ/יִּקְרָ֛א conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
- Jeremiah 30:17 קָ֣רְאוּ Qal pf 3cp For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you an outcast, [saying], It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
- Jeremiah 31:6 קָרְא֥וּ Qal pf 3cp For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise you, and let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.
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“to call” is the headline sense of the Hebrew verb קרא (qârâʼ). Across 4 stems, its meaning turns on the binyan (Qal, Niphal). It turns up in 689 verses across 37 books, one of the most common footprint. First canonically at Genesis 1:5, it enters the text early. From the same root come קרא, קראה and מקרא. See the sense tree, 689-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
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Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
bewray
Modern gloss
to call
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H7121 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 689
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 689 distinct verses.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #69
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 69 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 689 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 359 verses · 52%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 183 verses · 27%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 147 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Called 156×, Call 52×, He called 40×
- American Standard Version†: Called 146×, Call 46×, He called 35×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Called 53×, Call 35×, Summoned 34×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Called 117×, He called 81×, And 66×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7121 across 736† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 144 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7121 across 734† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 174 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7121 across 708† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 195 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 24 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7121 across 839† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 125 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
45 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel).
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BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 45 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
קרא I call, proclaim, read (NH id., read aloud, read
Qal
- Pf. ק׳ Gn 11:9 +, 3 fs. consec. וְקָרָאת Is 7:14 (Ges§ 74 g); 2 ms. קָרָאתָ Ju 12:1 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִקְרָא Gn 2:19 +; sf. יִקְרְאוֹ Je 23:6, -אֵהוּ Is 41:2 +; 1 s. אֶקְרָא Dt 32:3 +, וָאֶקְרָאֶה 1 S 28:15 (Ges§ 48 d NesMarg. 15); 3 fpl. וַתִּקְרֶאנָה Ru 4:17(×2), וַתִּקְרֶאן Nu 25:2; 2 fpl. תִּקְרֶאנָה Ru 1:20, 21, etc.; Imv. ms. קְרָא Ju 7:3 +, sf. קְרָאֵנִי ψ 50:15, etc.; Inf. cstr. קְרֹא 1 S 3:6 +, קְרֹאות (Baer -אֹת) Ju 8:1 (Ges§ 74 h); sf. קָרְאִי ψ 4:2 +, etc.; Pt. act. קוֹרֵא Am 5:8 +, קֹרֵא Je 1:15 +; pl. קֹרִאים ψ 99:6 (Ges§§ 74 i; 75 oo); pass. קָרוּא Est 5:12; pl. קְרוּאִים 1 S 9:22; Ez 23:23, קְרֻאִים 1 S 9:13 +; cstr. קְרוּאֵי Nu 1:16 Qr (Kt קריאי), 26:9 Kt (Qr קְרִיאֵי, v. קָרִיא);— e.g. Genesis 11:9
- 1.
- a. call, cry, utter a loud sound, Ju 9:7; 2 S 18:25 (in v 28 read וַיִּקְרַב We, confirmed by 𝔊L, so Dr and all recent Comm.), Je 4:5 Dn 8:16 (all + אמר), 2 K 7:11 (on text v. Kit Benz), Is 6:4; for help Gn 39:15, 18 (J); of pleading in court Is 59:4 (ב of manner); explicitly בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל Gn 39:14 (J), 1 K 18:27, 28; 2 K 18:28 = Is 36:13 = 2 Ch 32:18, קוֹל גָּדוֹל Ez 9:1 (+ בְּאָזְנֵי); c. אַחֲרֵי pers. 1 S 20:37 (+ אָמַר), 24:8 (Gi; v 9 van d. H. Baer; + לֵאמֹר), Je 12:6. e.g. Judges 9:7
- b. call, cry, obj. in orat. recta Ju 7:20 1 S 3:4 (read שְׁמוּאֵל שְׁמוּאֵל; 𝔊 Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS), v 6 (cf. 𝔊), v 8 (agst. accents), v 10 (v. שְׁמוּאֵל), 20:38; 2 S 20:16; 2 K 11:14; Je 20:8; Lv 13:45; = utter, speak Je 36:18; of command Gn 45:1 (E). e.g. Judges 7:20
- 2.
- a. call unto some one: אֶל pers. (often + אָמַר; sometimes c. מִן loc.), Gn 3:9; 19:5; Ex 3:4 Is 6:3 + often; c. עַל (for אֶל) of satyrs Is 34:14 (so Vrss Ges CheComm. al. > recent Comm. from ii. קָרָא or קָרָה which (in Qal) always take accus.); unto (אֶל) י׳ (God), in praise †ψ 66:17 1 Ch 4:10, usually for help, Ju 15:18; 1 S 12:17, 18; Ho 7:7 ψ 3:5; 4:4 +, + עַל pers. against Dt 15:9; 24:15; to (ל) י׳ (God) †Jb 12:4 ψ 57:3; 141:1; to (ל) a servant (for service) 2 K 4:36; Jb 19:16, so (ל) 2 S 1:15; call to (ל) one Je 3:4 (+ orat. rect.), La 4:15 (id.), Pr 2:3 (לְבִינָה); subj. י׳ Mi 6:8; Je 35:17. e.g. Genesis 3:9
- b. cry for help, abs., (poet. and late) Zc 7:13; Is 58:9; 65:24; Jb 5:1; 9:16; Pr 21:13 ψ 4:2; 20:10 + 10 times ψψ (147:9 of young ravens); בְּאָזְנֵי Ez 8:18. e.g. Zechariah 7:13
- c. ק׳ בְּשֵׁם י׳ call with name of י׳ (i.e. use it in invocation): Gn 4:26; 12:8; 2 K 5:11; Je 10:25 = ψ 79:6 + 16 times (1 K 18:24 of specif. appeal to י׳ to display his power), + Is 65:1 (v. Pu.); with name of Baal †1 K 18:24, 25, 26. e.g. Genesis 4:26
- d. late, c. acc. dei Is 43:22 ψ 14:4 + 4 times ψψ; abs. ψ 116:2. e.g. Isaiah 43:22
- 3. proclaim:
- a. c. acc. rei procl. Am 4:5; Gn 41:43; Dt 15:2; Je 31:6; Lv 25:10 +; ק׳ צוֹם proclaim a fast 1 K 21:9, 12 Je 36:9 +, ק׳ מוֹעֲדֵי י׳ Lv 23:2, 4; ק׳ sq. orat. rect. Ex 34:6, etc.; sq. ל pers. Je 34:8, 15, 17(×2) Is 61:1, עַל pers. (against, concerning) 1 K 13:4, 32; Je 49:29; La 1:15; proclaim peace to (ל pers.) Ju 21:13; cf. ק׳ אֵלֶיהָ לְשָׁלוֹם Dt 20:10; ק׳ c. acc. cogn. מִקְרָא Is 1:13, הַקְרִיאָה Jon 3:2 (+ אֶל). e.g. Amos 4:5
- b. ק׳ שֵׁם י׳ Dt 32:3 ψ 99:6; so (earlier) ק׳ בְשֵׁם י׳ Ex 33:19; 34:5 (JE); cf. ק׳ בְּשֵׁם יַעֲקֹב Is 44:5 (but read יִקָּרֵא, Lo Che and most). e.g. Deuteronomy 32:3
- c. ק׳ בְּשׁ׳ עֲלֵי ψ 49:12 proclaim (with) name over landed estates, claim possession (Hup Bae); proclaim one’s own name Ru 4:11 = become famous; pt. pass. proclaimed, i.e. renowned Ez 23:23. e.g. Psalms 49:12
- d. abs. make proclamation (sometimes + אָמַר, לֵאמֹר) Ju 7:3; Je 2:2 (בְּאָזְנֵי) Zc 1:14, 17; Jon 3:4; Is 40:3, 6 +, c. עַל concerning Ne 6:7, against 1 K 13:2 Jon 1:2. e.g. Judges 7:3
- 4.
- a. read aloud, often בְּאָזְנֵי, less often לִפְנֵי, c. ב of roll, book Je 36:6, 8, 14; Ne 8:3, 8, 18; 9:3; 2 Ch 34:18, + acc. of words Je 36:8, 10; obj. om. Ex 24:7 (E) Je 36:15; c. acc. of roll, book v 15, 21; 51:63; 2 K 22:10; 2 Ch 34:24, of letter (סֵפֶר), writing 2 K 5:7 Is 29:11, 12; Je 29:29, columns of manuscript Je 36:23; c. acc. of words Jos 8:34, 35; Je 36:6; 51:61; 2 K 23:2 = 2 Ch 34:30, cf. Dt 31:11. e.g. Jeremiah 36:6
- b. read, to oneself, in (ב) a roll, book, Dt 17:19, so of vision written on tablets Hb 2:2; c. acc. of letter (סֵפֶר) 2 K 19:14 = Is 37:14, book 2 K 22:8; abs. Is 34:16. e.g. Deuteronomy 17:19
- c. read, for hear read, 2 K 22:16. e.g. 2 Kings 22:16
- 5. summon: usually
- a. c. ל pers.: Gn 12:18; 20:8, 9; Nu 22:5, 20, 37; Ju 8:1 1 S 3:5, 6, 8(×2) + often (c. 100 times), + ל reflex. 1 K 1:28, 32, + אֶל loc. Ex 19:20, + אֶל pers. 2 S 9:2, + inf. purpose Jos 24:9; Ju 12:1; 14:15; 1 S 28:15, + מִן loc. Ho 11:1 Ju 4:6; + בִּשְׁמֶ֑ךָ Is 45:4 summon by thy name; specif. summon = invite (especially to feast) Ex 34:15 Ju 14:15 (+ inf. purpose) 1 S 16:3 (+ בַּזָּבַ֑ח, read prob. לַזּ׳ v. HPS), v 5 (+ לַזּ׳), 1 K 1:9, 26 + (c. 17 times). e.g. Genesis 12:18
- b. c. אֶל pers. Ex 10:24 Jos 4:4; 10:24 1 K 13:21 + (c. 20 times); אֶל pers. + ל pers. (diff. persons in same relation) Ex 8:21 Je 42:8; = call for (demand to see), c. אֶל pers. 2 K 18:18; c. ל rei = demand, require Pr 18:6 cf. 27:16 (prob. corrupt, v. Toy). e.g. Exodus 10:24
- c. c. acc. pers. Gn 41:8, 14 Ex 2:7 (+ ל pers.), v 7 Am 5:16 (+ אֶל rei), Is 13:3 (ל rei), 1 S 3:16; 22:11 + (c. 33 times), ins. וַיִּקְרָא in this sense also 2 S 15:12 𝔊L We Dr and most; + inf. purpose Nu 24:10, ק׳ מִמִּזְרָח עַיִט Is 46:11; in weakened sense (to bring response, or bring pers. near) Ct 5:6; specif. invite, 1 S 9:24 (but corrupt, v. especially HPS), 1 K 1:9 (also + ל, MT), v 10; 12:20 (+ אֶל loc), Dt 33:19 (acc. loc.); אֲנִי קָרוּא לָהּ Est 5:12, pt. pass. elsewhere pl., invited ones, guests 1 S 9:13, 22 2 S 15:11 1 K 1:41, 49 Zp 1:7 Pr 9:18; invite or summon (acc. pers.) for help, succour, Ho 7:11; usually obj. י׳ (poet. and late) Je 29:12 2 S 22:4, 7 = ψ 18:4, 7 Is 55:6 La 3:57 Jb 27:10 ψ 50:15; 86:5 + 8 times ψψ, acc. שֵׁם י׳ La 3:55; acc. חכמה Pr 1:28. e.g. Genesis 41:8
- d. abs. call, summon Am 7:4 (+ ל rei), Is 22:12 (id.), 1 S 3:5, 6; Zc 7:13; subj. י׳ (God) Is 50:2; 65:12; 66:4; Jb 13:22; 14:15, קְרוּאֵי הָעֵדָה Nu 1:16 Qr (Kt קְרִיאֵי), 26:9 Kt (Qr קְרִיאֵי!). e.g. Amos 7:4
- e. call and commission, appoint, acc. pers., Is 48:15; 49:1, + בְּשֵׁם by name, specifically, Ex 31:2; 35:30 Is 43:1; 45:3. e.g. Isaiah 48:15
- f. call and endow (with privilege) Is 51:2; 54:6; 55:5. e.g. Isaiah 51:2
- 6. call = name:
- a. (eárly and most common usage), call one’s name (שֵׁם) so and so, 2 acc.: of pers. Gn 3:20; 4:25, 26; 5:2, 3, 29 + 34 times Gn, Ex 2:10, 22 Ho 1:4, 6, 9 Is 7:14; 8:3; 9:5 + 10 times (Je 46:17 read קִרְאוּ שֵׁם 𝔊 Gie al.); of places, etc., Gn 4:17; 11:9 + 17 times Gn, Ju 1:17, 26; 2:5; 15:19; 18:29 + 21 times e.g. Genesis 3:20
- b. c. acc. of appellation only, Ez 39:11. e.g. Ezekiel 39:11
- c. acc. pers. vel loc. + acc. appell. Ho 2:18 Dt 3:14 Je 23:6 Is 58:5 Nu 32:41. e.g. Hosea 2:18
- d. acc. pers. + cl. ψ 89:27. e.g. Psalms 89:27
- e. = give name to, acc. appell. + ל pers. (loc., velrei): (1) pers. Ho 2:18; Gn 35:18; 1 S 4:21; Je 3:19; 30:17; 33:16 + 9 times; (2) loc., vel rei, Ju 18:12 2 S 2:16; 5:9; 6:8 Jos 22:34 (name lost, 𝔖 Heb. Codd. ins. עֵד; cf. DiSteuern), Gn 1:5(×2), 8; 2:19(×2) Ex 33:7 + 30 times + Jb 17:14 (ל + sentence incl. name). e.g. Hosea 2:18
- f. c. בְּשֵׁם + ל Is 40:26, cf. 65:11 (שֵׁם אַחֵר), ψ 147:4 (שֵׁמוֹת), Ru 4:17 (שֵׁם + לֵאמֹר), Gn 2:20; 26:18(×2) (all c. שֵׁם). e.g. Isaiah 40:26
- g. c. ל rei + עַל־שֵׁם 2 S 18:18. e.g. 2 Samuel 18:18
- h. call by (ב) names the names (acc.) of cities Nu 32:38; call to (ל) city, + appell., + בִּשְׁמוֹ v 42. e.g. Numbers 32:38
- i. call cities (acc.) בְּשֵׁם, i.e. specify them, Jos 21:9; 1 Ch 6:50 (בְּשֵׁמוֹת). e.g. Joshua 21:9
Niphal
- Pf. 3 ms. נִקְרָא Je 4:20 +, 1 s. נִקְרֵאתִי Est 4:11, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִקָּרֵא Gn 2:23 +, וַיִּקָּרֵא Ez 20:29 +, etc.; Pt. נִקְרָא Is 43:7; Je 44:26; pl. נִקְרָאִים Is 48:1 Est 6:1;— e.g. Jeremiah 4:20
- 1. reflex., מֵעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ נִק׳ Is 48:2 from the holy city they call themselves. e.g. Isaiah 48:2
- 2. pass. be called:
- a. be proclaimed (cf. Qal 3), of שֵׁם י׳ Je 44:26 (בְּפֶה instr.); of man’s name = be famous Ru 4:14; = be announced Je 4:20. e.g. Jeremiah 44:26
- b. be read aloud (cf. Qal 4): impers. c. ב of book, + בְּאָזְנֵי Ne 13:1; subj. records Est 6:1 (לִפְנֵי). e.g. Nehemiah 13:1
- c. be summoned (cf. Qal 5): Is 31:4 (עַל against); Est 3:12; 4:11(×2); 8:9; †בְּשֵׁם, i.e. specifically, 2:14. e.g. Isaiah 31:4
- d. be named (cf. Qal 6): (1) appell. subj. + ל pers. Gn 2:23 to her shall be called ‘woman,’ 1 S 9:9; Is 32:5; 62:4, 12; Pr 16:21; + ל loc. 2 S 18:18; Is 1:26; 35:8; Je 19:6. (2) וְנִקְרָא שְׁמוֹ וגו׳ Dt 25:10, so Gn 35:10 Dn 10:1; Ez 20:29 (of place); אֶת־שִׁמְךָ Ez 20:29. (3) וְנִקְרְאָה יְרוּשׁ׳ וגו׳ Zc 8:3, so of land Dt 3:13, temple Is 56:7. (4) especially נִקְרָא שֵׁם י׳ עַל, denoting ownership, of pers. Je 15:16, people Dt 28:10; Je 14:9; Am 9:12; Is 63:19; 2 Ch 7:14, ark 2 S 6:2 (del. 2nd שֵׁם 𝔅 We Dr al.), = 1 Ch 13:6 (adding עָלָיו Oettli Kau; > KitHpt שְׁמוֹ שָׁם), temple 1 K 8:43 = 2 Ch 6:33; Je 7:10, 11, 14, 30; 32:34; 34:15, city Je 25:29; Dn 9:18, city + people v 19; so name of man 2 S 12:28, as given to his wife Is 4:1. (5) be called עַל שֵׁם, i.e. reckoned to, Gn 48:6; Is 54:5; 61:6; עַל־שֵׁבֶט 1 Ch 23:14, cf. Ezr 2:61 = Ne 7:63. (6) be called בְּשֵׁם Is 43:7; 48:1. (7) בְּיִצְחָק יִקּ׳ לְךָ זָ֑רַע Gn 21:12, i.e. in (through) יִצ׳ shall seed be reckoned to thee; וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי 48:16 through them shall my name be called, i.e. perpetuated. (8) be named = mentioned, of pers. Is 14:20. (9) subj. שֵׁם Ec 6:10, i.e. thing is known. e.g. Genesis 2:23
Pual
- (Ez and Is 2) Pf. 3 ms. קֹרָא be called, subj. appell. + ל pers. vel rei = be named, Is 48:8 Ez 10:13 (קוֹ׳); וְקֹרָא consec. Is 58:12; 61:3; 62:2 (שֵׁם חָדָשׁ); גּוֹי לֹא קֹרָא בִּשְׁמִי 65:1 (קָרָא or קֹרֵא [Qal 2 c], Vrss Lo Ew Che Di al.); be called and privileged (cf. Qal 5 f), Pt. יִשׂ׳ מְקֹרָאִי 48:12. e.g. Isaiah 48:8
קרא II encounter, befall (‖ form of קָרָה, q.v.
Qal
- Pf.5 3 ms. sf. קְרָאַנִי Je 13:22 Jb 4:2; 3 fs. קָרָאת Dt 31:29; Je 44:23, etc.; Impf.4 3 ms. יִקְרָא Gn 49:1, sf. יִקְרָאֶנּוּ Gn 42:4; 3 fpl. וַתִּקְרֶאנָה Lv 10:19; Ex 1:10 read 3 fs. sf. תִּקְרָאֵנוּ (Sam Vrss Di Ges§ 47 k SoKau Baen); Inf. cstr.121 לִקְרַאת (Ges§ 19 k Ol§ 137), Gn 15:10 +, etc.; Pt. fpl. sf. קֹרְאֹתַיִךְ Is 51:19;— e.g. Jeremiah 13:22
- 1. meet, encounter, only inf. cstr. לִקְרַאת often = prep. toward, against (Köii. 1, 317), almost always c. acc. pers., after vb. of motion, Is 7:3; Gn 19:1; 24:17; Ju 4:18, 22; 1 K 2:8 +; in war, battle, Ju 7:24; 20:25, 31; 1 S 4:1; 1 K 20:27 +, after עָרַךְ 2 S 10:9, 10, 17 +, ψ 35:3 v. I. סגר 2 b; לְחַזֵּק לִבָּם לִק׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה Jos 11:20 to harden their heart to encounter the war with Isr.; after הִנֵּה (without vb. of motion), †1 S 10:10; 2 S 15:32; 16:1; 1 K 18:7; Pr 7:10; in constr. prægn. וַיִּשְׂמַח לִק׳ Ju 19:3 he rejoiced to meet him, + 1 S 6:13 (𝔊 We Dr al.); חרד לִק׳ 1 S 16:4; 21:2; so c. שׁאג Ju 14:5, הריע 15:14, מצא 2 K 10:15, נצב Ex 5:20; 7:15 Nu 22:34, etc.; redund. יִקָּרֶה י׳ לִק׳ Nu 23:3; implic. of helping, Is 21:14 ψ 59:5 (fig.); לִק׳ נְחָשִׁים Nu 24:1 he did not go to encounter (in expectation of) signs of divination; in metaph. Is 14:9, לִק׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ Am 4:12. e.g. Isaiah 7:3
- 2. fig. befall c. acc. pers., bad sense Gn 42:4, 38; Dt 31:29; Je 13:22; 44:23; Is 51:19; Jb 4:14; Lv 10:19; of war Ex 1:10 (v. supr.); in gen., Gn 49:1. e.g. Genesis 42:4
Niphal
- meet unexpectedly; Pf. 3 ms. נִקְרָא, c. עַל pers. Ex 5:3; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקָּרֵא, c. לִפְנֵי pers. 2 S 18:9; Pf. 20:1, c. שָׁם, chanced to be there; Impf. of bird’s nest Dt 22:6 (לִפְנֵי); Inf. abs. נִקְרֹא v. קרה. e.g. Exodus 5:3
Hiphil
- Impf. 2 ms. וַתַּקְרֵא Je 32:23 thou didst cause all this evil to befall them (acc. pers. et rei). e.g. Jeremiah 32:23
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. call, proclaim, read (NH id., read aloud, read; Ph. קרא call; Arabic قَرَأَ read aloud, recite (the ‘Ḳorʾān’), القُرْآنُ the Ḳorʾān; Aramaic קְרָא, ܩܪܳܐ call, etc., so Old Aramaic קרא, Nab. id., Palm. id., קרה);—
II. vb. encounter, befall (‖ form of קָרָה, q.v.; SI 4 לקרת to meet, opposite; Arabic قَرَأَ, put part to part; Min. קרא set opposite, HomChrest. 127);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from קרא (qârâʼ) (H7122) — to meet.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
קָרָא I
- (קְרַר II) pumpkin, gourd. Succ. 56ᵇ; Keth. 83ᵇ, a. e. טב מק׳, v. בּוּצִין. Yoma 78ᵃ מצטנן בק׳ cooled his hands with a pumpkin. Ker. 6ᵃ; Hor. 12ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. קָרֵי, קָרַיָּא. Meg. 12ᵃ, v. בּוּצִין; Sot. 10ᵃ קָארֵי. Ned. 51ᵃ Rashi (ed. קרא, corr. acc.). B. Mets. 64ᵃ ק׳ בני זרתא pumpkins of the size of a fist. B. Bath. 88ᵃ קארי. Sabb. 129ᵇ מאה ק׳, v. קַרְנָא I; a. e.—קָרַיָּיא וְקָרָוָותָא large and small gourds, all kinds of gourds. Y. Ned. VII, beg. 40ᵇ (not וכרובתא); Y. Orl. III, 63ᵇ top קירייא וקרותוא (corr. acc.).
קָרָא II
- to call, v. קרי.
קְרָא I
- v. קְרֵי
קְרָא II
- (preced.) = h. מִקְרָא, Biblical verse. Targ. Esth. VI, 1.—Ber. 2ᵃ אק׳ קאי, v. קָאֵי. Ib. 27ᵃ אמר ק׳ וכ׳ the text reads babboḳer &c. Ib. 29ᵇ מאי קראה where is the Biblical passage to prove it? Snh. 45ᵇ; 71ᵃ, a. e. בעינן ק׳ וכ׳, v. כְּתַב I. Ker. 11ᵇ bot. ק׳ בעי do we need a Bible verse for it?; a. v. fr.—Ber. 30ᵇ פוק קרא קְרָאָיךְ לברא go out, read thy verse in the street, i.e. thy authority is not recognized at college; Keth. 56ᵃ; Yeb. 40ᵃ קַרְיָיךְ, v. קַרְיָיא.—Pl. קְרָאֵי. M. Kat. 3ᵇ והני … ק׳ נינהו are these traditional rulings? are they not intimated in the Biblical text? Pes. 4ᵇ תרי ק׳ כתיבי there are two verses (seemingly contradictory); a. v. fr.
קַרָא
- (preced.) a Biblical scholar, Bible teacher. Kidd. 49ᵃ אבל אמר לה ק׳ אנא וכ׳ but if he said to her, (thou art betrothed unto me under the condition that) I am a Biblical scholar, she is not betrothed unless he can read the Pentateuch, Prophets and Hagiographa correctly (understandingly), contrad. to קַרְיָנָא. Ber. 30ᵇ, a. e. ר׳ חנינא ק׳ R. Ḥanina, the Bible teacher.—Pl. (h. form) קַרָאִים; (ch.) קַרָאֵי. Pesik. Shubah, p. 165ᵇ ק׳ טובים וכ׳ good Bible teachers, good preachers, like Levi &c.; Yalk. Hos. 533. Ab. Zar. 40ᵃ מתלתא ק׳ שמיע לי (Ar. קיראי) I have it from three authorities (as reliable as the Scriptures, Rashi).—V. קַרָיָיא.—[Meg. 24ᵇ in Mish. דרך הקראים, a censorial change for המינות, as in Mish. ed. IV, 8, a. Ms. M., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.—In later literature קראים Karaites, a Jewish sect recognizing the Bible as sole authority.]
קרי ²
- (b. h.)
- 1. to call, name; to invite. Ber. 7ᵇ מיום שברא … שקְרָאוֹ … וּקְרָאוֹ אדון from the day that the Lord created the world there was no man that called the Holy One, blessed be He, lord, until Abraham came and called him lord (Gen. XV, 2 אדני). Gen. R. s. 56 אברהם קראו יראה Abraham called it (the Temple site) yeraëh (Gen. XXII, 14), שם ק׳ אותו שלם Shem called it Salem (ib. XIV, 18), הריני קוֹרֵא אותו ירושלם I will call it Jerusalem. Snh. 70ᵇ אין … לִקְרוֹא אבא וכ׳ no sooner does a child know to call ‘father’ and ‘mother’, than it tastes grain food. Num. R. s. 15, beg. ק׳ אותו אוהב he invited that friend. Ib. והיה קורא אומניות, v. אוּמָנוּת; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. קָרוּא, קָרוּי; f. קְרוּאָה, קְרוּיָה; Pl. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּאִין, קְרוּיִים, קְרוּיִם, קְרוּיִין, קְרוּיִן; קְרוּאוֹת, קְרוּיוֹת. B. Mets. 114ᵇ, a. e. (ref. to Ez. XXXIV, 31) אתם ק׳ אדם וכ׳ you are called men, but idolaters &c. Sifra Aḥăré, end כל העריות ק׳ טומאה all illicit connections are called uncleanness; a. fr.—Esp. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּיִין those called up to read from the Torah (v. infra). Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. XXIX, 2) אלו שלשה ק׳ this is typical of the three persons called up to read from the Torah (priest, Levite, and Israelite). Y. Meg. III, 74ᵇ ולא שבעה ק׳ אינון are not seven persons called up (on the Sabbath)?; a. fr.—V. קְרוּיוֹת.—2) to read, recite (esp. from the Scriptures). Yoma I, 6 אם רגיל לִקְרוֹת … קוֹרִין לפניו if he (the high priest) is accustomed to read (the Scriptures), he reads himself, if not, they read to him; ובמה קורין לפניו and from what books do they read to him? Ib. פעמים הרבה קָרִיתִי וכ׳ many a time I read to him from Daniel. Meg. II, 1 הקורא את המגילה וכ׳, v. מִפְרֵעַ. Ib. 2 קְרָאָהּ סירוגין, v. סֵירוּג. Ib. 3 קורא כמקומו he must read in accordance with the usage of the place he came from. Ib. 4 הכל כשרין לִקְרוֹת וכ׳ all persons are qualified to recite the Book of Esther (before the congregation). Y. Meg. IV, 74ᵈ bot. וקְרָיָיהּ and read from it; a. fr.—Esp. to read from the Torah at public services. Ib. III, 4 קורין בפרשת שקלים they (those who are called up, v. supra) read the section of Sheḳalim (Ex. XXX, 11-16). Ib. 6 אחד קורא את כולן one person must read the entire chapter (of the curses). Ib. IV, 1 בשני … קורין שלשה on Mondays … three persons read. Ib. 4 הקורא בתורה לא יפחות וכ׳ he who is designated to read from the Torah must read no less than three verses; לא יִקְרָא למתורגמן וכ׳ he must read to the interpreter one verse at a time, but from the Prophets, three verses. Bicc. I, 1 יש מביאין … וקורין וכ׳ there are those who are bound to bring the first-fruits and to read (Deut. XXVI, 5-10), and those who must bring but not read &c. Ib. 4; a. v. fr.—Esp. (את שמע) ק׳ to recite the Sh’mʿa in the morning and in the evening prayer. Ber. I, 1 לא קָרִינוּ וכ׳ we omitted to read the Sh’mʿa. Ib. II, 3 ק׳ וטעה if one read the Sh’mʿa and made a mistake. Ib. 4 האומנין קוֹרְאִין וכ׳ (Bab. ed. 16ᵃ קורין) workingmen read the Sh’mʿa on top of a tree, or on the scaffolding; a. v. fr.—אל תִּקְרֵי … אלא (or תִּיקְרִי Chald. form; abbrev. א"ת) read not … but—, i.e. change the traditional (Massoretic) reading (for homiletical purposes). Ib. 64ᵃ (ref. to Is. LIV, 13 א"ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בּוֹנַיִךְ read not banayikh (thy children) but bonayikh (thy builders, the scholars). M. Kat. 9ᵇ (ref. to Ps. XLIX, 12) א"ת קִרְבָּם אלא קִבְרָם read not ḳirbam (their innermost) but ḳibram (their grave); a. fr. e.g. Genesis 15:2
- same, to call, invite. Part. pass. מְקוֹרָא, pl. מְקוֹרָאִים, מְקוֹרָאִין. Num. R. s. 13 יש חתן … למק׳ וכ׳ does a bridegroom give a banquet for the invited guests and not sit with them?; a. e.
- 1. to be called. Lev. R. s. 1, beg. נִקְרְאוּ הנביאים וכ׳, v. בַּיִת. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to Ex. II, 13) מכאן … נ׳ רשע from here we learn that when a man lifts up his hand to strike his neighbor, even if he does not strike, he is called a wicked man; Snh. 58ᵇ. Ab. Zar. 19ᵃ (ref. to Ps. I, 2) בתחלה נִקְרֵאת … נקראת וכ׳ first it (the Law) is called the Lord’s, and then his (the student’s); a. fr.— to be read, recited. Meg. I, 1 מגלה נקראת וכ׳ the Book of Esther may be read at public service on the eleventh &c. Ib. IV, 10 מעשה ראובן נ׳ ולא וכ׳ the story of Reuben (Gen. XXXV, 22) is read at public service but not translated. Ib. לא נִקְרָאִין וכ׳ (Y. ed. נִיקְרִין) must be neither read nor interpreted. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 31 יש נקראין ומתרגמין וכ׳ certain verses are read but not interpreted &c.; Meg. 25ᵃ נִקְרִין; a. v. fr. e.g. Exodus 2:13
- to cause to call, to lead in reading. Sot. 10ᵃ sq. (ref. to Gen. XXI, 33) א"ת וַיִּקְרָא אלא וַיַּקְרִיא read not vayiḳra (and he called) but vayaḳri (and he made call), מלמד שה׳ וכ׳ intimating that Abraham caused the name of the Lord to be called by the mouth of every passer-by. Y. ib. V, 20ᶜ top קטן שהוא מַקְרֵא וכ׳ a child that reads the Hallel at school, and they (the class) respond by repeating each sentence (v. עָנָה I); גדול שהוא מקרא וכ׳ an adult that leads in reciting …, when the congregation responds with the first sentence (as refrain). Succ. III, 10 מי שהיה … מַקְרִין אותו וכ׳ if a slave, a woman, or a child reads to him, he responds with Hallelujah. Gitt. III, 1 שמע קול סופרים מקרין וכ׳ heard the teaching scribes as they made the practicing children read, ‘such and such … divorces &c.’—Esp. to teach the Scriptures (מִקְרָא). Lam. R. to I, 6 הַקְרינִי דף אחד … השניני וכ׳ teach me a page of the Scriptures, teach me a chapter of the Mishnah; a. fr.—[Erub. 104ᵇ שהקרו, v. קָרַר I.] e.g. Genesis 21:33
קרי ³
- (b. h.) to join.—Denom. קוֹרָה III.—לִקְרַאת to meet. Sabb. 31ᵃ ויצא לִקְרָאתוֹ and came out to meet him. Ib. 119ᵃ; B. Kam. 32ᵃ top לקראת כלה to meet the bride (the Sabbath); a. fr.
- to meet, join, esp. נִקְרֵי, נִיקְרֵי (denom. of קֶרִי) to lose semen. Gen. R. s. 52; s. 74, a. e. אין הלשון הזה וַיִּקָּר אלא לשון טומאה this expression vayiḳḳar (Num. XXIII, 4) has the meaning of uncleanness (by analogy from Deut. XXIII, 11).—Meg. 15ᵃ; Taan. 5ᵇ. Yeb. 76ᵃ e.g. Numbers 23:4
- same, to have (nocturnal) pollution; to lose semen. Y. Snh. II, 20ᵇ top; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIII (ref. to I Sam. XXV, 20) ותפגש אותם הוּקְרוּ כולן ‘she struck them’ (with her charms), all of them met with &c. e.g. 1 Samuel 25:20
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Forms in the corpus
The 334 distinct written forms H7121 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 274 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7121, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Derived from this word
- מקרא miqrâʼ H4744 convocation
- קרא qᵉrâʼ H7123 to call
- קרא qôrêʼ H7124 partridge
- קריא qârîyʼ H7148 called
- קריאה qᵉrîyʼâh H7150 proclamation
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 653 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 689 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:5
- Exodus 1:18
- Leviticus 1:1
- Numbers 1:16
- Deuteronomy 2:11
- Joshua 4:4
- Judges 1:17
- Ruth 1:20
- 1 Samuel 1:20
- 2 Samuel 1:7
- 1 Kings 1:9
- 2 Kings 3:10
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
