1 Kings 21:18:111 Kgs.21.18.W11TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יָ֥רַד
asheryarad
“which he went down”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-ya-RAD
- Extended
- ah-shehr-yaa-RAD
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.jɔːˈrad/
Meaning by language
- English
- which he went down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-ya-RAD
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ya-RAD SHAM
- clause
hi-NE be-KHE-rem na-VOT a-sher-ya-RAD SHAM le-rish-TO
- sentence
KUM RED lik-RAT akh-AV ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL a-SHER be-sho-me-RON hi-NE be-KHE-rem na-VOT a-sher-ya-RAD SHAM le-rish-TO
Exegesis
The verse begins with a linked pair of imperatives kum {קוּם | kūm} ‘arise’ and red {רֵד | rēḏ} ‘go down’, creating urgency.
The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘who’ plus prepositional phrase be-šōm-rōn {בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן | bə-šōm-rōn} ‘in Samaria’ locates him precisely.
The perfect yarad {יָרַד | yāraḏ} ‘has gone down’ indicates completed action with present relevance, and the infinitive le-rishto {לְרִשְׁתּוֹ | lə-riš-tô} ‘to take possession of it’ states his purpose.
Root and etymology
y-r-dy-r-d
“to go down, descend”
In context — 1 Kings 21:18
Arise , go down to meet Ahab, king of Israel, who is in Samaria. Behold, he is in Naboth’s vineyard, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 21:18, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יָ֥רַד (asheryarad) 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.21.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.18.W11.S1) and character.