קרא
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Aramaic[edit]
Verb[edit]
קרא • (q'rā)
Hebrew[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kaˈʁa(ʔ)/
- Homophones: קָרַע (qaráʿ), כָּרַע (karáʿ), קָרָה (qará), כָּרָה (kará)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /kɔ.rɔ/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /kaˈra(ʔ)/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /qɔˈrɔʔ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /qɔˈʀɔʔ/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /qaːˈraːʔ/
Etymology 1[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| ק־ר־א (q-r-ʾ) |
Verb[edit]
קָרָא • (qaráʾ) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לקרוא / לִקְרֹא, future יִקְרָא, passive counterpart נִקְרָא)
- to read
- אני לא צריך חברים שלא קוראים ספרים.
- aní lo tsaríkh khaverím sheló kor'ím sfarím.
- I don't need friends who don't read books.
- to call
- איך קוראים לך?
- ékh kor'ím l'khá?
- What is your name? [literally How do they call you?]
- אבא שלי קורא לי כל פעם שיש בעיות עם המחשב שלו.
- ába shelí koré li kol pá'am she-yesh b'ayót im ha-makhshév sheló.
- My father calls me every time there are problems with his computer.
- to crow
- התרנגול קורא עם שחר.
- hatarnegól koré 'im shákhar.
- The rooster crows at dawn.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of קָרָא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
| non-finite forms |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| finite forms | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
| past | first | קָרָאתִי | קָרָאנוּ | ||
| second | קָרָאתָ | קָרָאת | קְרָאתֶם1 | קְרָאתֶן1 | |
| third | קָרָא | קָרְאָה | קָרְאוּ | ||
| present | קוֹרֵא | קוֹרֵאת | קוֹרְאִים | קוֹרְאוֹת | |
| future | first | אֶקְרָא | נִקְרָא | ||
| second | תִּקְרָא | תִּקְרְאִי | תִּקְרְאוּ | תִּקְרֶאנָה2 | |
| third | יִקְרָא | תִּקְרָא | יִקְרְאוּ | תִּקְרֶאנָה2 | |
| imperative | קְרָא | קִרְאִי | קִרְאוּ | קְרֶאנָה2 | |
| notes | |||||
References[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
קָרָא • (kará) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)