קְרָא qᵉrâʼ — (Aramaic) corresponding to H7121
Translated in the KJV as call, cry, read.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H7121.
qᵉrâʼ in each stem
Pe'al
Participle (active) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Infinitive construct 2
Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Pe'il
Perfect (qatal) 2
The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
Hithpe'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›