Conjugation of לִקְרוֹא

Verb – PA'AL

Root: ק - ר - א

The final radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

Meaning

to read (ב-, את); to call (ל-)

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Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		🔊 קוֹרֵא kore I / you m. sg. / he / it read(s)	🔊 קוֹרֵאת koret I / you f. sg. / she / it read(s)	🔊 קוֹרְאִים kor'im we / you m. pl. / they m. read	🔊 קוֹרְאוֹת kor'ot we / you f. pl. / they f. read
Past tense	1st	🔊 קָרָאתִי karati I read		🔊 קָרָאנוּ karanu we read
	2nd	🔊 קָרָאתָ karata you m. sg. read	🔊 קָרָאת karat you f. sg. read	🔊 קְרָאתֶם kratem you m. pl. read The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 קָרָאתֶם karatem	🔊 קְרָאתֶן kraten you f. pl. read The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: 🔊 קָרָאתֶן karaten
	3rd	🔊 קָרָא kara he / it read	🔊 קָרְאָה kar'a she / it read	🔊 קָרְאוּ kar'u they read
Future tense	1st	🔊 אֶקְרָא ekra I will read		🔊 נִקְרָא nikra we will read
	2nd	🔊 תִּקְרָא tikra you m. sg. will read	🔊 תִּקְרְאִי tikre'i you f. sg. will read	🔊 תִּקְרְאוּ tikre'u you m. pl. will read	🔊 תִּקְרֶאנָה tikrena you f. pl. will read In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 תִּקְרְאוּ tikre'u
	3rd	🔊 יִקְרָא yikra he / it will read	🔊 תִּקְרָא tikra she / it will read	🔊 יִקְרְאוּ yikre'u they m. will read	🔊 תִּקְרֶאנָה tikrena they f. will read In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 יִקְרְאוּ yikre'u
Imperative		🔊 קְרָא!‏ kra! (to a man) read!	🔊 קִרְאִי!‏ kir'i! (to a woman) read!	🔊 קִרְאוּ!‏ kir'u! (to men) read!	🔊 קְרֶאנָה!‏ krena! (to women) read! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: 🔊 קִרְאוּ!‏ kir'u!
Infinitive		🔊 לִקְרֹא ~ לקרוא likro to read