קרא

Aramaic

קרא • (q'rā)

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁa(ʔ)/
- Homophones: קָרַע (qaráʿ), כָּרַע (karáʿ), קָרָה (qará), כָּרָה (kará)
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔ.rɔ/
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈra(ʔ)/
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qɔˈrɔʔ/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qɔˈʀɔʔ/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qaːˈraːʔ/

Root
ק־ר־א (q-r-ʾ)

קָרָא • (qaráʾ) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לקרוא / לִקְרֹא, future יִקְרָא, passive counterpart נִקְרָא)

to read
אני לא צריך חברים שלא קוראים ספרים.
aní lo tsaríkh khaverím sheló kor'ím sfarím.
I don't need friends who don't read books.
to call
איך קוראים לך?
ékh kor'ím l'khá?
What is your name? [literally How do they call you?]

אבא שלי קורא לי כל פעם שיש בעיות עם המחשב שלו.
ába shelí koré li kol pá'am she-yesh b'ayót im ha-makhshév sheló.
My father calls me every time there are problems with his computer.
to crow
התרנגול קורא עם שחר.
hatarnegól koré 'im shákhar.
The rooster crows at dawn.

Conjugation of קָרָא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לקרוא / לִקְרֹא action noun: קְרִיאָה passive participle: קָרוּא
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	קָרָאתִי		קָרָאנוּ
	second	קָרָאתָ	קָרָאת	קְרָאתֶם¹	קְרָאתֶן¹
	third	קָרָא	קָרְאָה	קָרְאוּ
present		קוֹרֵא	קוֹרֵאת	קוֹרְאִים	קוֹרְאוֹת
future	first	אֶקְרָא		נִקְרָא
	second	תִּקְרָא	תִּקְרְאִי	תִּקְרְאוּ	תִּקְרֶאנָה²
	third	יִקְרָא	תִּקְרָא	יִקְרְאוּ	תִּקְרֶאנָה²
imperative		קְרָא	קִרְאִי	קִרְאוּ	קְרֶאנָה²
notes		Pronounced קָרָאתֶם and קָרָאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

קָרָא • (kará) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

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