originally meant to call out, in modern times it has shifted to mean reading silently to oneself. Because today most people are literate and read internally, we needed a new verb for the act of reading out loud so others can hear. That word is להקריא
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This belongs to the הפעיל family. This is the causative form — you are essentially causing the text to be heard. You might use this when a parent is reading a bedtime story to a child, or when you are reading a menu out loud to a friend who forgot their glasses.
In context:
את יכולה להקריא לי את מה שכתבת? זה נשמע מעניין.
Can you (f) read out loud to me what you wrote? It sounds interesting.
The word להקריא
— to read out loud is a Level 5 word in the Ulpan La-Inyan system.