1 Kings 17:5:111 Kgs.17.5.W11TAB
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
hayarden
“the Jordan”
- Transliteration
- ha-yar-DEN
- Extended
- hah-yahr-DEHN
- IPA
- /haj.jarˈdeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Jordan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-yar-DEN
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
- clause
va-ye-LEKH va-ye-SHEV be-na-KHAL ke-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH va-ya-AS kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH va-ye-SHEV be-na-KHAL ke-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The relative clause ’ăšer ’al-pə-nê ha-Yarden {אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיַּרְדֵּֽן | ’ă-šer ’al-pə-nê ha-yar-ḏēn} ‘which is before the Jordan’ uses ’al-pə-nê as an idiom for ‘east of’, and the English translation renders the Hebrew clause order and locative precisely.
Root and etymology
y-r-dyod–resh–dalet
“to descend, go down”
In context — 1 Kings 17:5
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD . He went and settled by the brook Kerith, which lies east of the Jordan.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 17:5, so the Hebrew word הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (hayarden) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.17.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.5.W11.S1) and character.