*ḳVrVʾ-: 'call, shout' 1, 'read' 2
Root
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | *ḳVrVʾ- |
| Meaning | 'call, shout' 1, 'read' 2 |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 597 |
Reflexes
| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenician | qrʾ 1 (Klein s.v. קרא ᴵ) | Klein s.v. קרא ᴵ | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | qaraʾa; qurʾān | gloss withheld | |
| Akkadian | qerû (CAD Q 242) | CAD Q 242 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | qrʾ (DULAT 697); yqrʾ (KTU 1.114:1); mqrʾ | DULAT 697; KTU 1.114:1 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | qārāʾ; miqrāʾ; qāriʾ | gloss withheld | |
| Aramaic | qrʔ 1 | ||
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab qrʾ (Biella 465; Sabaweb lemma 4773) | Biella 465; Sabaweb lemma 4773 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | qrʾ; qrʾ 1 (Krahmalkov 432) | Krahmalkov 432; Anderson–Moser 2024 root qrʾ | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | qərāʾ (HALOT 1128) | HALOT 1128 | |
| Mandaic Aramaic | QRA (HALOT 1128) | HALOT 1128 | |
| Tigre | qarʾa (HALOT 1128) | HALOT 1128 | |
| Amorite | qrʾ: qaraʾ, qariʾum, qariḥum, jāqriʾ (Gelb AS 21, 29); q-r-ʾ 1: qa/ga-ra-su-mu/mi-ia (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 349) | Gelb AS 21 29; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 349 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic qrʾ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 111); Hismaic yqry 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 112) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 111; Al-Jallad 2026 112 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ga-la-um, ga-ra-um, ga-ru₁₂-um /ḳarāʔum/ (VE 225; Krebernik 1983, 18 n. 65); ga-la/ra-um, ga-ru₁₂-um /q-r-ʾ/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 349) | VE 225; Krebernik 1983, 18 n. 65; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 349 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | qrʾ 1, 2 (HALOT 1128) | HALOT 1128 | gloss withheld |
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Updated 22 October 2026