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 • (vayikrá) m

  1. Leviticus (the third of the Five Books of Moses)

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 • (vayikro) m

  1. Leviticus
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