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qārāʾ קָרָא ‘to call’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root ( rather identical with qārāʾ קָרָא ‘to encounter’ through the idea of accosting a person met)
Roots: קרא

qārāʾ v
1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound
  1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
  1a3) to proclaim
  1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
  1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
  1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to call oneself
  1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
 1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

Mentioned in Genesis 17:5, 19:37, 19:38, 26:18, 35:18, 41:51, 48:16, 20:8, 20:9, 26:9, 50:11, 17:19, 17:15, 21:3, 21:12, 22:11, 22:14, 22:15, 41:43, 12:18, 13:4, 16:15, 2:19, 2:20, 2:23, 3:9, 3:20, 5:2, 4:25, 5:3, 25:30, 5:29, 25:25, 29:32, 12:8, 26:25, 28:19, 41:45, 38:4, 1:5, 4:26, 25:26, 27:42, 31:54, 35:7, 38:29, 38:30, 45:1, 48:6, 30:8, 16:13, 30:21, 26:21, 26:22, 30:24, 49:1, 19:5, 41:8, 24:58, 29:34, 30:18, 30:20, 39:14, 21:17, 47:29, 21:33, 33:20, 16:11, 27:1, 28:1, 31:4, 32:31, 41:14, 1:8, 1:10, 30:6, 32:3, 35:10, 35:15, 41:52, 35:8, 24:57, 26:20, 27:36, 29:33, 29:35, 30:11, 30:13, 31:48, 46:33, 39:15, 39:18, 11:9, 4:17, 26:33, 38:3, 38:5, 16:14, 21:31, 19:22, 33:17, 31:47 Exodus 33:7, 36:2, 8:4, 8:21, 9:27, 10:16, 12:31, 32:5, 34:31, 31:2, 35:30, 24:7, 2:7, 34:15, 2:20, 17:7, 34:6, 3:4, 10:24, 12:21, 19:3, 19:20, 24:16, 19:7, 2:8, 1:18, 2:10, 2:22, 33:19, 16:31, 15:23, 17:15, 7:11, 34:5 Codex Leviticus 1:1, 9:1, 10:4, 25:10, 23:2, 23:4, 23:37, 13:45, 23:21 Numbers 16:12, 12:5, 13:24, 11:34, 24:10, 13:16, 22:20, 25:2, 22:5, 22:37, 11:3, 32:38, 21:3, 32:41, 32:42 Deuteronomy 31:7, 15:9, 31:14, 5:1, 31:11, 15:2, 2:11, 4:7, 20:10, 24:15, 25:8, 29:1, 17:19, 32:3, 3:9, 2:20, 3:13, 3:14, 28:10, 25:10, 33:19 Joshua 19:47, 7:26, 22:1, 4:4, 8:34, 10:24, 5:9, 6:6, 9:22, 23:2, 21:9, 22:34, 24:1, 8:35, 24:9 Judges 6:24, 14:15, 18:29, 4:6, 16:28, 7:3, 1:17, 18:12, 1:26, 8:1, 12:1, 16:19, 9:7, 9:54, 15:18, 16:18, 18:23, 21:13, 15:19, 6:32, 16:25, 10:4, 13:24, 2:5, 7:20, 15:17 1 Samuel 22:11, 16:8, 7:12, 26:14, 20:38, 24:9, 9:13, 20:37, 23:28, 4:21, 9:9, 9:22, 17:8, 29:6, 9:24, 3:4, 3:5, 3:6, 3:8, 3:9, 9:26, 12:17, 12:18, 16:3, 19:7, 28:15, 3:10, 3:16, 6:2, 16:5, 1:20 2 Samuel 13:23, 14:33, 15:2, 15:11, 17:5, 18:18, 2:26, 9:9, 11:13, 18:28, 12:24, 22:7, 1:15, 1:7, 13:17, 18:26, 5:20, 22:4, 2:16, 9:2, 20:16, 21:2, 6:2, 18:25, 12:28, 6:8, 12:25, 5:9 1 Kings 1:19, 1:25, 1:9, 16:24, 13:2, 1:41, 1:49, 18:27, 7:21, 1:10, 9:13, 18:3, 18:25, 22:9, 22:13, 12:20, 18:26, 13:4, 13:21, 2:42, 8:43, 8:52, 12:3, 17:10, 17:11, 17:20, 17:21, 20:7, 18:24, 1:28, 1:32, 2:36, 21:9, 1:26, 13:32, 21:12, 18:28 2 Kings 3:13, 10:19, 7:10, 14:7, 3:10, 23:2, 4:22, 9:1, 20:11, 12:8, 5:7, 23:16, 23:17, 4:12, 4:36, 5:11, 6:11, 8:1, 11:14, 18:18, 22:8, 22:16, 4:15, 10:20, 18:28, 22:10, 18:4, 19:14, 7:11 Isaiah 8:4, 51:2, 61:2, 61:3, 58:5, 7:14, 21:8, 22:12, 61:1, 65:15, 35:8, 40:26, 1:13, 58:9, 59:4, 45:3, 42:6, 48:8, 4:1, 34:16, 1:26, 41:4, 48:12, 34:14, 49:1, 34:12, 47:1, 50:2, 64:6, 66:4, 46:11, 61:6, 43:1, 58:1, 9:5, 6:3, 8:3, 21:11, 29:11, 31:4, 40:2, 48:13, 55:5, 56:7, 60:14, 65:1, 40:3, 48:1, 48:2, 54:5, 54:6, 22:20, 58:13, 6:4, 12:4, 29:12, 32:5, 36:13, 40:6, 41:9, 44:5, 62:4, 13:3, 48:15, 65:24, 43:7, 14:20, 60:18, 44:7, 62:2, 65:12, 37:14, 43:22, 41:25, 47:5, 45:4, 58:12, 62:12, 41:2, 55:6, 30:7, 63:19 Jeremiah 3:4, 3:19, 7:14, 12:6, 51:63, 44:26, 2:2, 4:20, 49:29, 29:29, 36:6, 36:10, 36:13, 36:14, 36:15, 36:21, 34:17, 36:23, 3:17, 34:8, 11:14, 30:17, 1:15, 14:9, 34:15, 10:25, 15:16, 4:5, 7:13, 7:27, 9:16, 11:6, 19:2, 20:3, 29:12, 31:6, 33:3, 35:17, 36:4, 36:18, 42:8, 51:61, 3:12, 7:2, 7:10, 19:6, 25:29, 7:11, 11:16, 7:30, 23:6, 32:34, 33:16, 36:8, 36:9, 20:8, 6:30, 46:17 Ezekiel 38:21, 10:13, 8:18, 9:1, 9:3, 20:29, 36:29, 23:23, 39:11 Hosea 11:1, 7:7, 7:11, 2:18, 1:4, 11:7, 1:6, 1:9, 11:2 Joel 1:19, 1:14, 3:5, 4:9, 2:15 Amos 5:16, 9:6, 9:12, 4:5, 7:4, 5:8 Jonah 1:6, 1:14, 3:8, 3:4, 3:5, 1:2, 2:3, 3:2 Micah 3:5, 6:9 Habakkuk 2:2 Zephaniah 1:7, 3:9 Haggai 1:11 Zechariah 1:4, 11:7, 3:10, 1:14, 8:3, 13:9, 1:17, 7:13, 7:7 Malachi 1:4 Psalms 89:27, 49:12, 30:9, 86:3, 86:5, 99:6, 14:4, 53:5, 56:10, 141:1, 17:6, 18:7, 102:3, 116:2, 18:4, 28:1, 31:18, 50:1, 57:3, 3:5, 4:4, 42:8, 50:4, 55:17, 61:3, 66:17, 79:6, 88:10, 120:1, 4:2, 22:3, 69:4, 145:18, 116:4, 91:15, 105:16, 147:9, 81:8, 116:17, 34:7, 80:19, 50:15, 27:7, 119:145, 105:1, 118:5, 20:10, 116:13, 130:1, 86:7, 138:3, 119:146, 147:4 Proverbs 8:4, 12:23, 20:6, 1:28, 21:13, 7:4, 1:24, 2:3, 1:21, 9:15, 18:6, 16:21, 24:8, 9:3, 8:1, 9:18, 27:16 Job 17:14, 13:22, 9:16, 42:14, 1:4, 5:1, 12:4, 27:10, 14:15, 19:16 Song of Songs 5:6 Ruth 4:17, 1:20, 4:11, 4:14, 1:21 Lamentations 1:15, 1:19, 1:21, 2:22, 3:57, 4:15, 3:55 Ecclesiastes 6:10 Esther 9:26, 4:11, 3:12, 8:9, 6:9, 6:11, 2:14, 5:12, 6:1, 4:5 Daniel 8:16, 9:19, 9:18, 2:2, 10:1 Ezra 8:21, 2:61 Nehemiah 8:3, 13:1, 8:18, 6:7, 8:8, 9:3, 5:12, 7:63 1 Chronicles 15:11, 7:16, 4:9, 14:11, 23:14, 7:23, 13:6, 21:26, 6:50, 4:10, 22:6, 11:7, 13:11, 16:8 2 Chronicles 24:6, 34:30, 3:17, 18:8, 18:12, 14:10, 6:33, 10:3, 34:24, 34:18, 7:14, 32:18, 20:3, 20:26

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