ויקרא

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ק־ר־א (q-r-ʾ)

The book is named after its first word, literally “And he called”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

וַיִּקְרָא (vayikrám

  1. Leviticus (the third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah)

Verb

וַיִּקְרָא (vayikrá)

  1. Third-person masculine singular vav-consecutive imperfect (hence past tense) of קָרָא (kará).
    • Tanach, Exodus 2:22, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת שְׁמוֹ גֵּרְשֹׁם
      vatéled ben vayikrá et sh'mo gershóm
      She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom
    • Tanach, Leviticus 1:1, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
      וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר יהוה אֵלָיו
      vayikrá el moshé vaydabér YHVH eláv
      God called to Moses, speaking to him

See also

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew וַיִּקְרָא.

Proper noun

ויקרא (vayikrom

  1. Leviticus