קָרָא

Qal₁₃₁ Perfect₅₃ masculine singular suffix קְרָאַנִי Jer 13,22; Job 4,2 3 feminine singular קָרָאת 5 Mos 31,29; Jer 44,23, etc; Imperfect₄ 3 masculine singular יִקְרָא 1 Mos 49,1, suffix יִקְרָאֶנוּ 1 Mos 42,4 3 feminine plural וַתִּקְרֶאנָה 3 Mos 10,19; 2 Mos 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}), 1 Mos 15,10 +, etc.; Participle feminine plural suffix קרְאִתַיִךְ Es 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, Es 7,3; 1 Mos 19,1; 1 Mos 24,17; Dom 4,18; Dom 4,22; 1 Kong 2,8 +; in war, battle, Dom 7,24; Dom 20,25; Dom 20,31; 1 Sam 4,1; 1 Kong 20,27 +, after עָרַךְ 2 Sam 10,9; 2 Sam 10,10; 2 Sam 10,7 +, Sl 35,3 see סגר 2 b; ׳לְחַזֵּק לִבָּם לִק הַמִּלְחָמָה Jos 11,20 to harden their heart to encounter the war with Israel; after הִנֵּה (without verb of motion), 1 Sam 10,10; 2 Sam 15,32; 2 Sam 16,1; 1 Kong 18,7; Ord 7,10 in construction praegn. ׳וַיִשְׂמַח לִק Dom 19,3 he rejoiced to meet him, + 1 Sam 6,13 (ᵐ5 We Dr and others); ׳חרד לִק 2 Kong 10,15, נצב 2 Mos 5,20; 2 Mos 7,15; 4 Mos 22,34, etc.; redund. ׳לִק ׳יִקָּרֶה י 4 Mos 23,3 implication of helping, Es 21,14; Sl 59,6 (figurative); נְחָשִׁים ׳לִק 4 Mos 24,1 he did not go to encounter (in expectation of) signs of divination; in metaphor Es 14,9, || אֱםהֶי ׳לִק Amos 4,12

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