קְרָאqᵉrâʼ
call, read out, aloud
Pronunciation: ker-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7123
Meanings
Pe`al: active (Daniel 5:7; Daniel 5:17; Daniel 5:15)
1. call, proclaim (Daniel 3:4; Daniel 4:11; Daniel 5:7)
2. read out, aloud (Daniel 5:7; Daniel 5:8; Daniel 5:15)
Pe`îl: it was read (Ezra 4:18; Ezra 4:23)
Hithpe`el: be summoned (Daniel 5:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:18 “The letter you sent has been translated and read to me.
- Ezra 4:23 When this letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem. Then, with a show of strength, they forced the Jews to stop building.
- Daniel 3:4 Then a herald shouted out, “People of all races and nations and languages, listen to the king’s command!
- Daniel 4:14 The messenger shouted, “Cut down the tree and lop off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Chase the wild animals from its shade and the birds from its branches.
- Daniel 5:7 The king shouted for the enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers to be brought before him. He said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever can read this writing and tell me what it means will be dressed in purple robes of royal honor and will have a gold chain placed around his neck. He will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom!”
- Daniel 5:8 But when all the king’s wise men had come in, none of them could read the writing or tell him what it meant.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).