Quph Alphabetic Verses

A Cry Unto God

• AV Ps 119.145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
• AV Ps 119.146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
• AV Lam 1.19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
• AV Lam 3.55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

God used the fundamental Quph KeyWord קרא (Qera, S# H7121) four times in the Quph Alphabetic Verses, translated twice as "cried" and twice as "called." This root is extremely gutteral - it reaches to the back of the throat and is found in all languages. It is familiar in the English word "cry" and the name of the cawing crow. It defines the essence of the nineteenth book, the Book of Psalms, as discussed in A Cry unto God.

The Cry of My Voice

• AV Lam 3:55 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
• AV Ps 119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

This Quph KeyWord - קול (Qol, S# H6963) - manifests essential the same theme as Qera above.

Come Near, Oh Lord!

• AV Lam 3:57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
• AV Ps 145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

God used this Quph KeyWord קרב (Qerev, S# H7130) in conjuction with the primary KeyWord Qera (Cry) in these two Alphabetic Verses. He also used it to open