קָרָה (qārâ) is a Hebrew verb meaning encounter. It appears 27 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7136).
קָרָה verb, denominative: lay the beams of, furnish with beams
Piel lay the beams of, furnish with beams
Strong's H7136 קָרָה: to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
KJV:appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.
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.
Root family 2068: קָרָה qārâ — encounter, meet, befall; chance to be present; cause, to occur, for yourselves, select, as suitable; light upon, bring about, impose timbers; appoint, lay beams, bring, come, floor, was, happen, send good speed
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