Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Root
ק־ר־א (q-r-ʾ)

The book is named after its first word, literally “And he called”.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

וַיִּקְרָא (vayikrám

  1. Leviticus (the third of the Five Books of Moses)

Verb edit

וַיִּקְרָא (vayikrá)

  1. Third-person masculine singular vav-consecutive imperfect (hence past tense) of קָרָא (kará).
    • Tanach, 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
    • Tanach, 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

See also edit

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew וַיִּקְרָא.

Proper noun edit

ויקרא (vayikrom

  1. Leviticus