ותקרא

ותקרא

Hebrew

Verb

וַתִּקְרָא • (vatikrá)

1. Third-person feminine singular vav-consecutive imperfect (hence past tense) of קָרָא‎ (kará).
   • Exodus 2:8, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַתֵּלֶךְ הָעַלְמָה וַתִּקְרָא אֶת אֵם הַיָּלֶד

     vatélech haalmá vatikrá et em hayáled

     And the maid went and called the child's mother.

   • Exodus 2:10, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיְהִי לָהּ לְבֵן וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ מֹשֶׁה

     vay'hí lah l'ven vatikrá sh'mo moshé

     and he became her son. And she called his name Moses