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qry, qryˀ (qrāy, qrāyā, qrā!) v.n. crying; reading
1
cry, noise
CPA, Syr
P Ps69:4↗ ܠܐܝܬ ܒܩܪ̈ܝ‏
(1)
(of the rooster) crowing
Syr
ThbK2 93(13)↗ ܩܪܝܐ ܕܬܪܢܓܠܐ‏
2
Scripture reading
JBAmb, JBA, JBAg, LJLA
JBABowl 74.1:5↗ ויתקים עליה קראה דכתיב‏ : may the scripture text in which is written ... come to pass on him ; BT Ber 7a(29)↗ הא קא מצער ליה בקראי טובא‏ : he is troubling him a lot with scriptural texts ; Anan 18:2↗ כל קראיא דסיפרא‏ ; TgEsth2 8:15(3)↗ text not cited
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JBA sg. קְרָא , pl. קראי ; note that (as a Hebraism?) the final aleph is preserved in the sg. before suffixed pronouns, e.g., קראה "his text"; JBAgeon emph. also קריא
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