ויקרא
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Hebrew [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the root ק־ר־א (k-r-'). The book is named after its first word.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (Modern Israeli) IPA: /vaikˈʁa/
Proper noun [edit]
וַיִּקְרָא (vayikrá)
- Leviticus (the third of the Five Books of Moses)
Verb [edit]
וַיִּקְרָא (vayikrá)
- Third-person masculine singular vav-consecutive imperfect (hence past tense) of קָרָא (kará).
- Exodus 2:22, with translation of the English Standard Version:
- וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת שְׁמוֹ גֵּרְשֹׁם
- vatéled ben vayikrá et sh'mo gershóm
- She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom
- וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת שְׁמוֹ גֵּרְשֹׁם
- Leviticus 1:1, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
- וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר יהוה אֵלָיו
- vayikrá el moshé vaydabér YHVH eláv
- God called to Moses, speaking to him
- וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר יהוה אֵלָיו
- Exodus 2:22, with translation of the English Standard Version:
