נִקְרֵ֨יתִי֙
𐤍𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤕𐤉
qârâh
to be
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.
2 Samuel 1:6 · Word #6
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 HVNp1cs
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | N — Niphal — Simple passive or reflexive |
| Conjugation | p — Perfect — Completed action |
| Person | 1 — 1st person — First person ("I" / "we") |
| Gender | c — Common — Common (both genders) |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | to be |
SIBI-P1 Translation H7136-09
I was met unexpectedly
| Morphological Notes | Verb; Niphal stem (passive/reflexive); perfect aspect; 1st person common singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Niphal perfect 1st person singular expresses a passive experience: the speaker underwent an encounter. "Met unexpectedly" preserves the root sense of chance meeting or happening while reflecting the passive Niphal stem and 1cs morphology. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
I was met unexpectedly
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | P1 faithfully represents 'נִקְרֵ֨יתִי֙' in the passive first-person with the nuance of unexpectedness, in line with the silex_definition and narrative context. |