Transliteration: qârâ'

Phonetic: kaw-raw'

BDB Definition:

1. to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
   1. (Qal)
      1. to call, cry, utter a loud sound
      2. to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
      3. to proclaim
      4. to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
      5. to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
      6. to call, name, give name to, call by
   2. (Niphal)
      1. to call oneself
      2. to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
   3. (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

Origin: a primitive root [rather identical with H7122" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7122 through the idea of accosting a person met]

TWOT entry: 2063

Part(s) of speech: Verb