"קרא" meaning in Hebrew

See קרא in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /qaˈraʔ/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /qɔːˈrɔː/ [qɔːˈʀɔː] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /qɔˈrɔ/ [ɡɔːˈrɔː] [Yemenite-Hebrew] (note: Sanaani), [qɔːˈrɔː] [Yemenite-Hebrew] (note: Sharaabi), /ɢɒˈrɒ/ [Hebrew, Persian], [ʁɒˈrɒ] [Hebrew, Persian], /kaˈra/ [West] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /qaˈra/ [East] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /kɔˈrɔ/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /kaˈʁa/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew]
Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|ק־ר־א}} Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|fut=יִקְרָא|inf=לקרוא|infdwv=לִקְרֹא|pass=נִקְרָא|tr=qaráʾ|wv=קָרָא|ל=א}} קָרָא • (qaráʾ) (pa'al construction, infinitive לקרוא / לִקְרֹא, future יִקְרָא, passive counterpart נִקְרָא) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pa|קרא}} Forms: קָרָא [canonical], qaráʾ [romanization], לקרוא [infinitive], לִקְרֹא [infinitive], יִקְרָא [future], נִקְרָא [passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], לקרוא [error-unrecognized-form], לִקְרֹא [error-unrecognized-form], קְרִיאָה [noun-from-verb], קָרוּא [participle, passive], קָרָאתִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], קָרָאנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], קָרָאתָ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], קָרָאת [feminine, past, second-person, singular], קְרָאתֶם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], קְרָאתֶן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], קָרָא [masculine, past, singular, third-person], קָרְאָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], קָרְאוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], קוֹרֵא [masculine, present, singular], קוֹרֵאת [feminine, present, singular], קוֹרְאִים [masculine, plural, present], קוֹרְאוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֶקְרָא [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נִקְרָא [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תִּקְרָא [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּקְרְאִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תִּקְרְאוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תִּקְרֶאנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יִקְרָא [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תִּקְרָא [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יִקְרְאוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תִּקְרֶאנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], קְרָא [imperative, masculine, singular], קִרְאִי [feminine, imperative, singular], קִרְאוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], קְרֶאנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to read Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-קרא-he-verb-OQnC8LFq Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ק־ר־א Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 16 16 16 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 16 16 16 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ק־ר־א: 33 33 33
  2. to call Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-קרא-he-verb-SnmE33nV Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ק־ר־א Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 16 16 16 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 16 16 16 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ק־ר־א: 33 33 33
  3. to crow Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-קרא-he-verb-Tf64srOY Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ק־ר־א Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 16 16 16 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 16 16 16 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ק־ר־א: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /qaˈraʔ/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /qɔːˈrɔː/ [qɔːˈʀɔː] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /qɔˈrɔ/ [ɡɔːˈrɔː] [Yemenite-Hebrew] (note: Sanaani), [qɔːˈrɔː] [Yemenite-Hebrew] (note: Sharaabi), /ɢɒˈrɒ/ [Hebrew, Persian], [ʁɒˈrɒ] [Hebrew, Persian], /kaˈra/ [West] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /qaˈra/ [East] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /kɔˈrɔ/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /kaˈʁa/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: קָרָא [canonical], kará [romanization]
Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|tr=kará|wv=קָרָא}} קָרָא • (kará) (pa'al construction)
  1. Obsolete spelling of קָרָה. Tags: alt-of, construction-pa'al, obsolete Alternative form of: קָרָה
    Sense id: en-קרא-he-verb-l3POjmil Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 16 16 16 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 16 16 16 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ק־ר־א"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
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    {
      "form": "קָרָא",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qaráʾ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לקרוא",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לִקְרֹא",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִקְרָא",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִקְרָא",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לקרוא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לִקְרֹא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "קְרִיאָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קָרוּא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קָרָאתִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קָרָאנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קָרָאתָ",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קָרָאת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קְרָאתֶם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קְרָאתֶן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קָרָא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קָרְאָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "קָרְאוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "קוֹרֵא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קוֹרֵאת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קוֹרְאִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קוֹרְאוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶקְרָא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִקְרָא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּקְרָא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּקְרְאִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּקְרְאוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּקְרֶאנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִקְרָא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּקְרָא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִקְרְאוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּקְרֶאנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קְרָא",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "קִרְאִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "קִרְאוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "קְרֶאנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "fut": "יִקְרָא",
        "inf": "לקרוא",
        "infdwv": "לִקְרֹא",
        "pass": "נִקְרָא",
        "tr": "qaráʾ",
        "wv": "קָרָא",
        "ל": "א"
      },
      "expansion": "קָרָא • (qaráʾ) (pa'al construction, infinitive לקרוא / לִקְרֹא, future יִקְרָא, passive counterpart נִקְרָא)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "קרא"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 16 16 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 16 16 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ק־ר־א",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I don't need friends who don't read books.",
          "roman": "aní lo tsaríkh khaverím sheló kor'ím sfarím.",
          "text": "אני לא צריך חברים שלא קוראים ספרים.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to read"
      ],
      "id": "en-קרא-he-verb-OQnC8LFq",
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 16 16 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 16 16 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ק־ר־א",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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            [
              42,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What is your name? [literally How do they call you?]",
          "roman": "ékh kor'ím l'khá?",
          "text": "איך קוראים לך?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "My father calls me every time there are problems with his computer.",
          "roman": "ába shelí koré li kol pá'am she-yesh b'ayót im ha-makhshév sheló.",
          "text": "אבא שלי קורא לי כל פעם שיש בעיות עם המחשב שלו.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to call"
      ],
      "id": "en-קרא-he-verb-SnmE33nV",
      "links": [
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 16 16 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 16 16 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ק־ר־א",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              12,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The rooster crows at dawn.",
          "roman": "hatarnegól koré 'im shákhar.",
          "text": "התרנגול קורא עם שחר.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to crow"
      ],
      "id": "en-קרא-he-verb-Tf64srOY",
      "links": [
        [
          "crow",
          "crow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/qaˈraʔ/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/qaˈraː/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/qaːˈraː/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/qɔːˈrɔː/ [qɔːˈʀɔː]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/qɔˈrɔ/ [ɡɔːˈrɔː]",
      "note": "Sanaani",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[qɔːˈrɔː]",
      "note": "Sharaabi",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɢɒˈrɒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʁɒˈrɒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈra/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "West"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/qaˈra/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "East"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔˈrɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈʁa/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "קָרַע (qaráʿ)"
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    {
      "homophone": "כָּרַע (karáʿ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "קָרָה (qará)"
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    {
      "homophone": "כָּרָה (kará)"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "canonical"
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    {
      "form": "kará",
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      "ipa": "/qɔˈrɔ/ [ɡɔːˈrɔː]",
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      "form": "נִקְרָא",
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        "second-person"
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    {
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      "form": "אֶקְרָא",
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        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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        "pass": "נִקְרָא",
        "tr": "qaráʾ",
        "wv": "קָרָא",
        "ל": "א"
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              35
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            [
              30,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              22,
              28
            ]
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          "english": "I don't need friends who don't read books.",
          "roman": "aní lo tsaríkh khaverím sheló kor'ím sfarím.",
          "text": "אני לא צריך חברים שלא קוראים ספרים.",
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      "glosses": [
        "to read"
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          "read",
          "read"
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        "construction-pa'al"
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              42,
              46
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              4,
              10
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              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What is your name? [literally How do they call you?]",
          "roman": "ékh kor'ím l'khá?",
          "text": "איך קוראים לך?",
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        },
        {
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              10,
              15
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              10,
              14
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              8,
              12
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          ],
          "english": "My father calls me every time there are problems with his computer.",
          "roman": "ába shelí koré li kol pá'am she-yesh b'ayót im ha-makhshév sheló.",
          "text": "אבא שלי קורא לי כל פעם שיש בעיות עם המחשב שלו.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to call"
      ],
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        [
          "call",
          "call"
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        "construction-pa'al"
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              17
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              11,
              15
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              8,
              12
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          "english": "The rooster crows at dawn.",
          "roman": "hatarnegól koré 'im shákhar.",
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      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
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      "other": "/qaˈraː/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
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    {
      "other": "/qaːˈraː/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/qɔːˈrɔː/ [qɔːˈʀɔː]",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/qɔˈrɔ/ [ɡɔːˈrɔː]",
      "note": "Sanaani",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[qɔːˈrɔː]",
      "note": "Sharaabi",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɢɒˈrɒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʁɒˈrɒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈra/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "West"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/qaˈra/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "East"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔˈrɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈʁa/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "קָרַע (qaráʿ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "כָּרַע (karáʿ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "קָרָה (qará)"
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      "homophone": "כָּרָה (kará)"
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}

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      "ipa": "/qaˈraʔ/",
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      "other": "/qaˈraː/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
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    {
      "other": "/qaːˈraː/",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/qɔːˈrɔː/ [qɔːˈʀɔː]",
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    {
      "ipa": "/qɔˈrɔ/ [ɡɔːˈrɔː]",
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      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[qɔːˈrɔː]",
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      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɢɒˈrɒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʁɒˈrɒ]",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈra/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
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        "West"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/qaˈra/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "East"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔˈrɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈʁa/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "קָרַע (qaráʿ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "כָּרַע (karáʿ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "קָרָה (qará)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "כָּרָה (kará)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "קרא"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "קרא",
  "trace": ""
}

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