2 Samuel 19:17:162 Sam.19.17.W16TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:18
הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן
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
ve-tsa-le-KHU ha-yar-DEN
- clause
ve-tsa-le-KHU ha-yar-DEN lif-NE ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-E-lef ISH im-MO mi-be-ne-ya-MIN ve-tsi-VA NA-ar BET sha-UL va-kha-ME-shet a-SAR ba-NAV ve-es-re-RIM a-va-DAV it-TO ve-tsa-le-KHU ha-yar-DEN lif-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The verb clause wə-ṣāləḥū ha-yarḏēn {וְצָלְחוּ הַיַּרְדֵּן | wə-ṣā-lə-ḥū ha-yar-ḏēn} ‘and they crossed the Jordan’ uses the perfect tense for sequential narrative action, with li-p̄nē ham-mēlekh {לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ | li-p̄-nē ham-mē-lekh} ‘before the king’ situating the group relative to royal authority.
Root and etymology
y-r-dyod–resh–dalet
“to go down, descend”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:17
And a thousand men were with him from Benjamin, and Ziba, servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants were with him, and they crossed the Jordan before the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 19:17, so the Hebrew word הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן (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 2 Sam.19.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.17.W16.S1) and character.