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title: קָרִיא — called · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָרִיא (7148), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: called. BDB 1906: adj. called, summoned Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָרִיא

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«קָרִיא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **called** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7148 · **BDB:** קָרִיא

### Glosses

called (1); the.\[people\].called (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

called [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7148/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. called, summoned Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7148/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. called, summoned;—pl. cstr. as subst.; קְרִאֵי מוֹעֵד Nu 16:2 the summoned ones of assembly, term. techn. for representatives, councillors; so קְרִיאֵי הָעֵדָה 1:16 Kt (Qr קְרוּאֵי), 26:9 Qr (Kt קרואי! cf. √ Qal 5 d).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָרִיא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7148/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 16:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.16.2/)

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וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֔ה וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים מִבְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּמָאתָ֑יִם נְשִׂיאֵ֥י עֵדָ֛ה קְרִאֵ֥י מוֹעֵ֖ד אַנְשֵׁי־שֵֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* and they.rose.up before Moses and men of the.people of.Israel fifty and two.hundred leaders of.\[the\].congregation called of.the.appointed.meeting men of.name

*JPS 1917:* and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect men of the assembly, men of renown;

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[Numbers 26:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.9/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י אֱלִיאָ֔ב נְמוּאֵ֖ל וְדָתָ֣ן וַאֲבִירָ֑ם הֽוּא־דָתָ֨ן וַאֲבִירָ֜ם קְרִיאֵ֣י הָעֵדָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִצּ֜וּ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֤ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹן֙ בַּעֲדַת־קֹ֔רַח בְּהַצֹּתָ֖ם עַל־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Eliab \[were\].Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram that \[was.the\].Dathan and Abiram the.\[people\].called of the.congregation who they.struggled on Moses and on Aaron in the.company of.Korah when struggled they on Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, the elect of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD;

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