Jastrow, קְרֵי I

קְרֵי I, קְרָא ch. same , to call, name, invite; to read. Targ. Gen. XXIX, 34. Targ. I Sam. III, 6. Targ. Gen. II, 19, sq. Targ. Deut. XVII, 19. Targ. Esth. VI, 1; a. v. fr.—Meg. 18ᵇ דקָרוּ ליה וכ׳ when they call him (in his sleep), and he answers. Gen. R. s. 17; Lev. R. s. 34 קְרוּן בשכונתיה וכ׳ they called (begging for alms) in the neighborhood &c. Ber. 13ᵇ מִקְרָא הוא דלא לִיקְרֵי וכ׳ one is not permitted to read the Sh’mʿa (while lying on one’s back), but &c.; מקרא … נמי אסיר to read is forbidden even when turning sideways. Ib. 11ᵇ כתיב רע וקְרִינָן הכל it is written (Is. XLV, 7) ‘and creates evil’, and we read (in the morning prayers) ‘all’! Pes. 3ᵃ קָרוּ נגהי, v. נָגְהָא. Ib. קַרְיֵיה … לנהורא וכ׳ the Lord called the light and appointed it &c. Gen. R. s. 40 הוה קָרֵי עליהין נותן וכ׳ applied to them the verse (Is. XL, 29), he giveth &c. M. Kat. 5ᵇ top, a. fr. ק׳ עליה וכ׳ applied to him the verse &c. Keth. 17ᵃ sq. למאן דקרי ותני וכ׳ (at the funeral) of one that read the Bible and studied Mishnah, but of one that taught others &c. Sabb. 152ᵇ גלית … נביאי לא קְרֵית thou showest that thou hast not even read the Prophets (v. infra). Y. Meg. III, 74ᵇ bot. אילין … מאי דיִקְרִינָן וכ׳ as to the curses (v. אֲרַר), dare one person read them and recite the benediction before and after them? Ex. R. s. 47 למדו … ודקָרִין בלילה learn the Torah from such teachers as get up early and study while it is yet night, v. אִימְּטִין; a. v. fr.—Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵃ bot., a. e. קְרָאיֵי they recite.—Part. pass. קְרִי, קְרִיא; pl. קְרִיָּין the Massoretic reading, opp. כתיב. Treat. Sof’rim ch. IX, 8. Ned. 37ᵇ, v. כְּתִיב; a. fr.
    Af. - אַקְרֵי (Pa. קָרֵי) to make read, to teach (the Scriptures). Sabb. l. c. דקָרְיָיךְ קהלת לא אַקְרְיָיךְ משלי (Ms. M. דאַקְרְיָיךְ) he that taught thee Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) failed to teach thee Mishlé (Proverbs); Yalk. Gen. 33; Yalk. Ez. 376 דאקרייך. Yeb. 9ᵃ מדמַקְרֵי ליה וכ׳ as R. J. taught his son the interpretation of &c. Koh. R. to III, 14 מקרתה, read: מקרי ליה, v. קַרְיָיא; a. fr.—V. מַקְרֵי.—[Tanḥ. B’resh. 2 ולקרוייה, read: וליַקּוּרֵיה.]
    Ithpe. - אִתְקְרִיא, אִתְקְרֵי, , אִיקְּרֵי to be called, named; to be called upon, visited. Targ. Esth. III, 12. Ib. IV, 11. Targ. Gen. XVII, 5; a. fr.—Snh. 26ᵇ היכן … דאִיקְּרוּ שָׁתוֹת where do we find that the righteous are called ‘foundations’? Yalk. Ez. 376 אפי׳ … אִיקְּרוּ לך even Prophets have not been taught thee; Yalk. Gen. 133 לא אַקְרוּ they have not taught thee (v. supra); a. fr.