Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/召

Japanese[edit]

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 召 (“call, summon”), to native Japanese word よび (yobi, “call”).

召 (よび)^[1] (yobi) → 呼 (よ)び (yobi)

^ OT, page 3:
ヱホバ神 (かみ)アダムを召(よび)て之(これ)に言(いひ)たまひけるは汝(なんぢ)は何處(いづこ)にをるや
Ehoba Kami Adamu o yobite kore ni ii tamaikeru wa nanji wa izuko ni oruya?
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?