קָרָה
qârâh · H7136 · Hebrew · 27 occurrences
Meanings
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to happen, to take place, to befall
Process by which a certain event happens to someone, often without apparent cause or reason
ExamplesGenesis 42:29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that had happened to them, saying,
Genesis 44:29 ‘If you also take this one from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
Numbers 11:23 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’S power too little? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.”
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to manifest oneself, to show oneself, to meet up with
Literally: (a deity) happens (to someone); hence: process by which humans have a spiritual encounter with a deity
ExamplesExodus 3:18 “Then they will pay attention to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
Numbers 23:3 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a bare hill.
Numbers 23:4 Now God met with Balaam, and he said to Him, “I have set up the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.”
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Literally: destiny happens; hence: process by which humans find themselves in a certain place without having had the intention to go there (to find oneself (somewhere))
ExamplesRuth 2:3 So she left and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
2 Samuel 1:6 The young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen had overtaken him.
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to choose, to designate
Action by which humans make a selection among several options
ExamplesNumbers 35:11 then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, so that the one who commits manslaughter by killing a person unintentionally may flee there.
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to grant success
Literally: to make (something) happen before (someone's) face; hence: causative action by which a deity causes something to happen for the benefit of someone else
ExamplesGenesis 24:12 And he said, “LORD, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
Genesis 27:20 Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the LORD your God made it come to me.”
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to place rafters, to roof
Causative action by which humans put a roof on a construction by placing beams on top
Examples2 Chronicles 34:11 They in turn gave it to the carpenters and the builders to buy quarried stone and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin.
Nehemiah 2:8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which is by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.
Nehemiah 3:3 Now the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and installed its doors with its bolts and bars.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
27 occurrences in 17 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 5
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 4
- Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
16 occurrences in 10 groups
- וֹhim 5
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
12 occurrences in 11 groups
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כֹּהthus, so 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- נָגַדto tell, to inform, to report 2
- יָדַעto know 1
- רָאָהto see 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בִּיןto understand, to discern 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- פָּגַע pâgaʻ · H6293 · to meet, to run into, to find
- Both words denote encountering or meeting events: פָּגַע (pâgaʻ, H6293) emphasizes encounter, intercession and falling upon, while קָרָה (qârâh, H7136) emphasizes happening or befalling with a sense of meeting.
- פָּגַשׁ pâgash · H6298 · to meet, to run into, to find
- קָרָה (qârâh, H7136) has a broader range, including "happen," "befall," and structural senses related to beams, but overlaps with פָּגַשׁ (pâgash, H6298), whose core sense is "meet," in the sense of meeting; the two can substitute in that sense.
In the other Testament 1 word
- συναντάω synantáō · G4876 · to come upon, to happen to
- συναντάω (synantáō, G4876) συναντάω renders the 'meet/encounter' sense of קָרָה (qârâh, H7136) קָרָה (which has a broader semantic range including befall, happen, and structural laying of beams), specifically capturing the coincidental meeting or occurrence aspect common to both lexemes.
Semantic domains 6 entries
- Happen002002003003
- The word means to happen or befall, directly illustrated by the brothers telling Jacob "everything that had happened to them" (Genesis 42:29) and Jacob's fear that harm would happen to Benjamin (Genesis 44:29).
- Meet002003002016
- The same sense of encountering someone is illustrated by the LORD having "met with" Moses and the elders in the wilderness plan (Exodus 3:18).
- Space002002001017
- This domain reflects the word's "lay beams/floor" sense (compare Nehemiah 2:8, 3:3, outside the sampled set); it is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern events happening or being met rather than physical construction.
- Think002004002013
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern events occurring rather than the act of thinking.
- Succeed002003003020
- The sense of a favorable outcome is directly illustrated by the servant's prayer, "LORD, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today" (Genesis 24:12).
- Exist002002002005
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern events happening or succeeding rather than mere existence.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7136. qarah [קָרָה] verb encounter, meet, befall (||) II קָרָא Late Hebrew קָרָה meet…
[קָרָה] verb encounter, meet, befall (||) II קָרָא Late Hebrew קָרָה meet (rare), קְרִי misfortune specifically (nocturnal) pollution, and so Aramaic קִרְיוּתָא ; Arabic () is go seek earnestly , receive hospitably as guest; Ethiopic II. 3, present, offer as sacrifice); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix קָֽרְךָ Deu 25:18, (ו)קָרָהוּ Gen 44:29 +; Imperfect, 3 masculine singular יִקְרֶה Ecc 9:11 + Dan 10:14 Kt (Qr יִקְרָא), וָיִ֫קֶר Rth 2:3, suffix יִקְרְךָ Num 11:23, יִקְּרֵךְ 1Sa 28:10 (dagesh forte dirimens); Participle feminine plural קֹרֹת Gen 42:29; —
1 encounter, meet, accusative of person Deu 25:18, compare (accusative of thing) וגו חֶלְקַת מִקְרֶהָ ׳וַיִ֫קֶר Rth 2:3 her chance lighted upon field, etc.
2 befall, accusative of person, subject evil Gen 44:29 (J), 1Sa 28:10, ׳יs word Num 11:23 (JE), indefinite Gen 42:29 (J) Isa 41:22 (absolute) Est 4:7; Est 6:13; Dan 10:14 (ל person); אֶתכֻּֿלָּם יִק וָפֶגַע ׳עֵת Ecc 9:11; subject מִקְרֶה Ecc 2:14; compare Ecc 2:15.
Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִקְרָה Exo 3:18; Exo 3:1singular נִקְרֵיתִי 2Sa 1:6; Imperfect3masculine singular יִקָּרֶה Num 23:3, וַיִּקָּר Num 23:4, Num 23:16; Num 23:1singular אִקָּרֶה Num 23:15; —
1 encounter, meet without pre-arrangement, usually of ׳י (God): with עַל person Exo 3:18 (J), אֶל Pers. Num 23:4, Num 23:16 ׳יִקּ ׳י לִקְרָתִי v3 (all J E); object ׳י (om) v15.
2 chance to be present, ב location, 2Sa 1:6 (+Infinitiveabs נִקְרֹא).
Hiph`il 1. of ׳י cause ( the right thing good fortune) to occur, with לִפְנֵי Perfect3masculine singularהִקְרָה Gen 27:20 Imperative masculine singular הַקְרֵה Gen 24:12 (both J).
2 of Isrel, Perfect2masculine plural cones עָרִים לָכָם וְהִקְרִיתֶם Num 35:11 ye shall (caus cities to occur rightly for yourselves, i.e.) select cities as suitable.
[קָרָה] verb denominative Pi`el lay the beams of, furnish with beams; — with accusative of the building: Perfect3plural suffix קֵרוּהוּ Neh 3:3, Neh 3:6; Infinitive construct לְקָרוֺת Neh 2:8; 2Ch 34:11; Participle הַמְּקָרֶה Psa 104:3 (figurative).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 6 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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