קְרָא

Biblical Aramaic

call — used 11 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

call tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קְרָא: vb. call, read out, aloud Peʿîl tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. call, read out, aloud (v. BH I. קרא);— Impf. 3 ms. יִקְרֵה Dn 5:7, 1 s. אֶקְרֵא v 17; 3 mpl. יִקְרוֹן v 15; Inf. לְמִקְרֵא v 8, 16; Pt. act. קָרֵא 3:4 +;— call, proclaim, בְּהַיִל: Dn 3:4; 4:11; 5:7. read out, aloud, acc. כְּתָבָא 5:7, 8, 15, 16, v 17 (ל pers.). Peʿîl (WCG 225) Pf. 3 ms. קֱרִי Ezr 4:18, 23 it was read, קֳדָם pers. be summoned, Impf. 3 ms. יִתְקְרֵי Dn 5:12.

Jastrow 1903

קְרָא I

The whole Jastrow entry

v. קְרֵי

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (34 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it was read aloud (2); read aloud (2); I will read aloud (1).

In the verses

Ezra 4:18 · tree →

נִשְׁתְּוָנָ֕א דִּ֥י שְׁלַחְתּ֖וּן עֲלֶ֑ינָא מְפָרַ֥שׁ קֱרִ֖י קָדָמָֽי׃

Word for word: the letter which you.sent to us [was].made.distinct it.was.read.aloud before me

JPS 1917: the letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

Daniel 3:4 · tree →

וְכָרוֹזָ֖א קָרֵ֣א בְחָ֑יִל לְכ֤וֹן אָֽמְרִין֙ עַֽמְמַיָּ֔א אֻמַּיָּ֖א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃

Word for word: and the herald [was].proclaiming with power to you [they.are].saying O peoples (the) nations and (the) languages

JPS 1917: And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

In Targum Onkelos

Number 58 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 102 times there, in the forms וּקְרָא (81); קְרָא (20); וקְרָא (1).

Genesis 22:15 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וּקְרָא מַלְאָכָא דַּיְיָ לְאַבְרָהָם תִּנְיָנוּת מִן שְׁמַיָּא

וַיִּקְרָ֛א מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם שֵׁנִ֖ית מִן־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

Word for word: and he.called the.angel of.Yahweh to Abraham a.second.[time] from the heavens

JPS 1917: And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,

Genesis 38:3 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְעַדִּיאַת וִילִידַת בָּר וּקְרָא יָת שְׁמֵהּ עֵר

וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ עֵֽר׃

Word for word: and she.conceived and she.bore a.son and he.called (et) name his Er

JPS 1917: And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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