קָרָא (qārāʾ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning encounter. It appears
37 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7122).
Also rendered
meet
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2064)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2064)encounter, befall; meet; meet unexpectedly; encountering, opposite; chance, come, fall out, happen, help, seek
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קָרָאverb: encounter, befall
Qal
1.meet, encounter
2.figuratively befall
Niphalmeet unexpectedly
Strong's H7122קָרָא: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner KJV:befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
Strong's H7125קִרְאָה: an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite) KJV:× against (he come), help, meet, seek, × to, × in the way.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.