קרה

Hebrew

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁa/
- Homophones: כָּרָה (kará), קָרָא (qaráʾ), קָרַע (qaráʿ), כָּרַע (karáʿ)

Etymology 1

Root
ק־ר־ה (q-r-h)

From the root ק־ר־ה (q-r-h), using binyan pa`al (qal).

Verb

קָרָה • (qará) (pa'al construction)

To happen, occur, go on.

Conjugation

Conjugation of קָרָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לִקְרוֹת action noun: — passive participle: —
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	קָרִיתִי		קָרִינוּ
	second	קָרִיתָ	קָרִית	קְרִיתֶם¹	קְרִיתֶן¹
	third	קָרָה	קָרְתָה	קָרוּ
present		קוֹרֶה	קוֹרָה	קוֹרִים	קוֹרוֹת
future	first	אֶקְרֶה		נִקְרֶה
	second	תִּקְרֶה	תִּקְרִי	תִּקְרוּ	תִּקְרֶינָה²
	third	יִקְרֶה	תִּקְרֶה	יִקְרוּ	תִּקְרֶינָה²
imperative		קְרֵה	קְרִי	קְרוּ	קְרֶינָה²
notes		Pronounced קָרִיתֶם and קָרִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

מַה קוֹרֶה? (ma koré?)

Etymology 2

Root
ק־ר־ר (q-r-r)

Adjective

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קָרָה • (qará)

Feminine singular indefinite form of קַר (qár): cold.

Noun

קָרָה • (qará) f

frost, cold weather
- Tanach, Psalms 147:17, with translation of the English Standard Version:
  מַשְׁלִיךְ קַרְחוֹ כְפִתִּים; לִפְנֵי קָרָתוֹ מִי יַעֲמֹד?
  mašlích qarḥó kəfittím; lifnḗ qarató mi ya'amód?
  He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold?

Synonyms

(cold weather): כְּפוֹר (k'fór)

References

H7136 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible