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title: קְרָא — call · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: קְרָא (lemma:קְרָא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 11 times: call. BDB 1906: vb. call, read out, aloud Peʿîl. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְרָא

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«קְרָא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **call** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** lemma:קְרָא · **BDB:** קְרָא

### Glosses

it.was.read.aloud (2); read.aloud (2); I.will.read.aloud (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

call [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. call, read out, aloud Peʿîl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. call, read out, aloud (v. BH I. קרא);— Impf. 3 ms. יִקְרֵה Dn 5:7, 1 s. אֶקְרֵא v 17; 3 mpl. יִקְרוֹן v 15; Inf. לְמִקְרֵא v 8, 16; Pt. act. קָרֵא 3:4 +;— call, proclaim, בְּהַיִל: Dn 3:4; 4:11; 5:7. read out, aloud, acc. כְּתָבָא 5:7, 8, 15, 16, v 17 (ל pers.). Peʿîl (WCG 225) Pf. 3 ms. קֱרִי Ezr 4:18, 23 it was read, קֳדָם pers. be summoned, Impf. 3 ms. יִתְקְרֵי Dn 5:12.

### Jastrow 1903

קְרָא I

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** v. קְרֵי

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (34 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְרָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.18/)

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נִשְׁתְּוָנָ֕א דִּ֥י שְׁלַחְתּ֖וּן עֲלֶ֑ינָא מְפָרַ֥שׁ קֱרִ֖י קָדָמָֽי׃

*Word for word:* the letter which you.sent to us \[was\].made.distinct it.was.read.aloud before me

*JPS 1917:* the letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

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[Daniel 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.4/)

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וְכָרוֹזָ֖א קָרֵ֣א בְחָ֑יִל לְכ֤וֹן אָֽמְרִין֙ עַֽמְמַיָּ֔א אֻמַּיָּ֖א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and the herald \[was\].proclaiming with power to you \[they.are\].saying O peoples (the) nations and (the) languages

*JPS 1917:* And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

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