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קָרָא — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: קָרָא

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קָרָא

qārāʾ

encounter

[קָרָא] 137 vb. encounter, befall

Qal 131

1. meet, encounter

2. fig. befall

Niph. meet unexpectedly

Hiph. thou didst cause all this evil to befall them

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.