1 Kings 21:16:91 Kgs.21.16.W9TAB
לָרֶ֛דֶת
laredet
“to go down”
- Transliteration
- la-RE-det
- Extended
- laa-REH-deht
- IPA
- /laːˈrɛðɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to go down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-RE-det
- clause
va-ya-KAM akh-AV la-RE-det el-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI le-RISH-to
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a akh-AV KI MET na-VOT va-ya-KAM akh-AV la-RE-det el-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI le-RISH-to
Exegesis
The infinitive lāreḏēṯ {לָרֶ֛דֶת | lāreḏēṯ} ‘to go down’ conveys both geographic descent and purposeful movement.
Root and etymology
y-r-dy-r-d
“to go down, descend”
In context — 1 Kings 21:16
And it happened when Ahab heard that Naboth had died, that Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 21:16, so the Hebrew word לָרֶ֛דֶת (laredet) 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.21.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.16.W9.S1) and character.