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Hebrew
Etymology
The book is named after its first word, literally “And he called”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
וַיִּקְרָא • (vayikrá) m
- Leviticus (the third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah)
Verb
וַיִּקְרָא • (vayikrá)
- 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 • (vayikro) m
- Leviticus