ויקרא
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
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ק־ר־א (q-r-ʾ) |
The book is named after its first word, literally “And he called”.
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /va.jikˈʁa/
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Proper noun edit
וַיִּקְרָא • (vayikrá) m
- Leviticus (the third of the Five Books of Moses)
Verb edit
וַיִּקְרָא • (vayikrá)
- 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 • (vayikro) m