קִרְאָה (qirʾâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning encounter. It appears 100 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7125).

Also rendered

• befall

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2064)

Root family 2064: קָרָא qārāʾ — ll, encounter, against, befall. (ASV and RSV translate similarly, with the latter offering some improved renditions (Ex 5:20; I Sam 25:20.)

• קָרָא qārāʾ — encounter

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