קרא

Aramaic

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Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳ-r-ʔ?

Proto-Semitic *ḳaraʔ-

Aramaic קרא

קרא • (q'rā)

to call
- c. 1001, Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 1:5:
  וּקְרָא יְיָ לִנְהוֹרָא יְמָמָא וְלַחֲשׁוֹכָא קְרָא לֵילְיָא וַהֲוָה רְמַשׁ וַהֲוָה צְפַר יוֹמָא חָד:
  uqərā yəyā linəhorā yəmāmā wəlaḥăšoḵā qərā lēləyā wahăwā rəmaš wahăwā ṣəp̄ar yomā ḥaḏ.
  Elohim called the light day, and the darkness He called night. It became evening and it became morning, one day.
to read

“QRY”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “קְרָא”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

(reconstructed Biblical) IPA^(key): /qaˈraʔ/ → /qaˈraː/ → /qaːˈraː/
(Tiberian) IPA^(key): /qɔːˈrɔː/ [qɔːˈʀɔː]
(Yemenite) IPA^(key): /qɔˈrɔ/ [ɡɔːˈrɔː] (Sanaani), [qɔːˈrɔː] (Sharaabi)
(Persian) IPA^(key): /ɢɒˈrɒ/, [ʁɒˈrɒ]
(Sephardi) IPA^(key): /kaˈra/ (West), /qaˈra/ (East)
(Ashkenazi) IPA^(key): /kɔˈrɔ/
(Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁa/
- Homophones: קָרַע (qaráʿ), כָּרַע (karáʿ), קָרָה (qará), כָּרָה (kará)

Root
ק־ר־א (q-r-ʾ)
13 terms

קָרָא • (kará) (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 לו בעיות עם המחשב.
ába shelí koré li kol pá'am she-yesh lo b'ayót im ha-makhshév.
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 of **קָרָא** (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לקרוא / לִקְרֹא
		action noun		קְרִיאָה
		passive participle		קָרוּא

finite forms		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	positive	קְרָא	קִרְאִי	קִרְאוּ	קְרֶאנָה²
imperative	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Commonly pronounced קָרָאתֶם and קָרָאתֶן in Modern Hebrew (by analogy with other past forms).
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

קָרָא • (kará) (pa'al construction)