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title: קָרָה — encounter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָרָה (7136), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: encounter. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָרָה

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«קָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **encounter** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 7136 · **BDB:** קָרָה²

### Glosses

it (7); he.met (2); I.found.myself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

encounter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7136/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7136/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. encounter, meet, befall (‖ II. קָרָא; NH קָרָה meet (rare), קְרִי misfortune, specif. (nocturnal) pollution, and so Aramaic קִרְיוּתָא, ܩܶܪܝܳܐ; Arabic قَرَا (و) is go, seek earnestly, قَرَى receive hospitably as guest; Ethiopic ii. 3, አቃረየ: present, offer as sacrifice);— Pf. 3 ms. sf. קָֽרְךָ Dt 25:18, (ו)קָרָהוּ Gn 44:29 +; Impf. 3 ms. יִקְרֶה Ec 9:11 + Dn 10:14 Kt (Qr יִקְרָא), וַיִּ֫קֶר Ru 2:3, sf. יִקְרְךָ Nu 11:23, יִקְרֵךְ 1 S 28:10 (d. f. dirim.); Pt. fpl. קֹרֹת Gn 42:29;— encounter, meet, acc. pers. Dt 25:18, cf. (acc. rei) וַיִּ֫קֶר מִקְרֶהָ חֶלְקַת וגו׳ Ru 2:3 her chance lighted upon a field, etc. befall, acc. pers., subj. evil Gn 44:29 (J) 1 S 28:10, י׳’s word Nu 11:23 (JE), indef. Gn 42:29 (J) Is 41:22 (abs.) Est 4:7; 6:13 Dn 10:14 (ל pers.); עֵת וָפֶגַע יִק׳ אֶת־כֻּלָּם Ec 9:11; subj. מִקְרֶה 2:14, cf. v 15. Pf. 3 ms. נִקְרָה Ex 3:18; 1 s. נִקְרֵיתִי 2 S 1:6; Impf. 3 ms. יִקָּרֶה Nu 23:3, וַיִּקָּר v 4, 16; 1 s. אִקָּרֶה v 15;— encounter, meet without pre-arrangement, usually of י׳ (God): c. עַל pers. Ex 3:18 (J), אֶל pers. Nu 23:4, 16; יִקּ׳ י׳ לִקְרָתִי v 3 (all JE); obj. י׳ (om.) v 15. chance to be present, ב loc., 2 S 1:6 (+ Inf. abs. נִקְרֹא). of י׳, cause (the right thing, good fortune) to occur, c. לִפְנֵי pers.; Pf. 3 ms. הִקְרָה Gn 27:20; Imv. ms. הַקְרֵה 24:12 (both J). of Israel, Pf. 2 mpl. consec. וְהִקְרִיתֶם לָכֶם עָרִים Nu 35:11 ye shall (cause cities to occur rightly for yourselves, i.e.) select cities as suitable.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7136/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 23:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.23.15/)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־בָּלָ֔ק הִתְיַצֵּ֥ב כֹּ֖ה עַל־עֹלָתֶ֑ךָ וְאָנֹכִ֖י אִקָּ֥רֶה כֹּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to Balak take.your.stand thus with offering your.burnt and I I.will.meet thus

*JPS 1917:* And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'

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[Numbers 11:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.23/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה הֲיַ֥ד יְהוָ֖ה תִּקְצָ֑ר עַתָּ֥ה תִרְאֶ֛ה הֲיִקְרְךָ֥ דְבָרִ֖י אִם־לֹֽא׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to Moses the hand? of.Yahweh is.it.short now you.will.see will it happen.to.you? word my or? not

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether My word shall come to pass unto thee or not.'

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