וַ/יִּ֣קֶר
𐤅/𐤉𐤒𐤓
qârâh
and it happened
To encounter, meet, or befall—especially in the sense of coming across something or someone by chance or accident (not as a deliberate or expected act). This verbal root also develops specialized senses such as 'to happen' (especially an event happening to someone), and in a causative stem, 'to bring about', 'to cause to happen', or, in a specific construction, 'to lay timbers' (for roofing or flooring). The baseline meaning involves the coincidence of events or meeting, whether orchestrated or by happenstance.
Ruth 2:3 · Word #7
Lexicon H7136
| Lemma | קָרָה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤒𐤓𐤄 |
| Transliteration | qârâh |
| Strong's | H7136 |
| Definition | To encounter, meet, or befall—especially in the sense of coming across something or someone by chance or accident (not as a deliberate or expected act). This verbal root also develops specialized senses such as 'to happen' (especially an event happening to someone), and in a causative stem, 'to bring about', 'to cause to happen', or, in a specific construction, 'to lay timbers' (for roofing or flooring). The baseline meaning involves the coincidence of events or meeting, whether orchestrated or by happenstance. |
Morphology HC/Vqw3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and it happened |
SIBI-P1 Translation H7136-16
and he happened upon
| Morphological Notes | Verb; Qal stem; sequential imperfect (wayyiqtol); 3rd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem expresses the simple active sense of encountering or meeting by chance. The sequential imperfect (3ms) gives the narrative past sense, reflected in "and he," while preserving the root idea of a chance encounter. |
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