1 Kings 18:24
קרא + ב → "read in"
And you all are reading in a name of mighty ones of yourselves,7 and I, myself am reading in a name of He Is, and the Mighty Ones has become whom he, himself the Mighty Ones is eyeing within a fire." And all the People are eyeing, and they are speaking, "The Word became good!"Footnote:
| 1Ki. 18:24 | Strong's #7121. The Hebrew verb קרא (qārāʾ) carries both the meanings of "to summon/call" and "to read." This dual meaning arises from the ancient practice of reading aloud, where written texts were publicly proclaimed rather than silently perused. As a result, קרא came to signify both the act of vocalizing written words ("to read") and the act of calling out or summoning someone ("to call"). When קרא is followed by the preposition בְּ ("in" or "with"), its meaning typically shifts to "read" rather than "call" or "summon." For example:
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