H7122. qara
II. [קָרָא]137 verb encounter, befall (|| form of קָרָה, q. v.; SI4 לקרת to meet, opposite; Arabic put part to part; Minaean קרא set opposite, HomChrest. 127); —
Qal131 Perfect53 masculine singular suffix קְרָאַנִי [Jer 13:22]; [Job 4:2-3];feminine singular קָרָאת [Deut 31:29]; [Jer 44:23], etc; Imperfect43masculine singular יִקְרָא [Gen 49:1], suffix יִקְרָאֶנוּ [42:4]; [3]feminine plural וַתִּקְרֶאנָה [Lev 10:19]; [Exod 1:10] read 3 feminine singular suffix תִּקְרָאֵנוּ (⅏ Vrss Di Ges§ 47k SoKau Baen); infinitive construct121 לקְרַאת (Ges§ 19k Ol§ 137), [Gen 15:10] +, etc.; Participle feminine plural suffix קרְאִתַיִךְ [Isa 51:19]; —
1 meet, encounter, only infinitive construct לִקְרַאת often= preposition toward, against (Köii. l, 317), almost always with accusative of person, after verb of motion, [Isa 7:3]; [Gen 19:1]; [24:17]; [Judg 4:18], [22]; [1Kin 2:8] +; in war, battle, [Judg 7:24]; [20:25], [31]; [1Sam 4:1]; [1Kin 20:27] +, after עָרַךְ [2Sam 10:9-10], [7] +, [Psa 35:3] see סגר 2b; הַמִּלְחָמָה לִק לִבָּם ׳לְחַזֵּק [Josh 11:20] to harden their heart to encounter the war with Israel; after הִנֵּה (without verb of motion), [1Sam 10:10]; [2Sam 15:32]; [16:1]; [1Kin 18:7]; [Prov 7:10]; in construction praegn. לִק ׳וַיִשְׂמַח [Judg 19:3] he rejoiced to meet him, + [1Sam 6:13] (ᵐ5 We Dr and others); לִק ׳חרד [2Kin 10:15], נצב [Exod 5:20]; [7:15]; [Num 22:34], etc.; redund. י ׳יִקָּרֶה ׳לִק [23:3]; implication of helping, [Isa 21:14]; [Psa 59:6] (figurative); ׳לִק נְחָשִׁים [Num 24:1] he did not go to encounter (in expectation of) signs of divination; in metaphor [Isa 14:9], || ׳לִק אֱםהֶי [Amos 4:12]
2 figurative befall with accusative of person, bad sense [Gen 42:4], [38]; [Deut 31:29]; [Jer 13:22]; [44:23]; [Isa 51:19]; [Job 4:14]; [Lev 10:19]; of war [Exod 1:10] (see above) in General, [Gen 49:1].
Niph`al meet unexpectedly; Perfect3masculine singular נִקְרָא, with עַל person [Exod 5:3]; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקָּרֵא, with לִפְנֵי person [2Sam 18:9]; Perfect [20:1] with שָׁם, chanced to be there; Imperfect of bird's nest [Deut 22:6] (לִפְנֵי); Infinitive absolute נִקְרֹא see קרה.
Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular וַחַקְרֵא [Jer 32:23] thou didst cause all this evil to befall them (accusative of person and thing).
[קְרַאת], לִקְרַאת to meet, see II. קדא. p. 896.