2 Samuel 19:20:122 Sam.19.20.W12TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:21
לָרֶ֖דֶת
laredet
“to go down”
- Transliteration
- la-RE-det
- Extended
- laa-REH-deht
- IPA
- /laːˈrɛdɛt/
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
ve-hin-NE-ba-TI ha-YOM ri-SHON le-khol-BET yo-SEF la-RE-det lik-RAT a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
KI ya-DA av-de-KHA KI a-NI kha-ta-TI ve-hin-NE-ba-TI ha-YOM ri-SHON le-khol-BET yo-SEF la-RE-det lik-RAT a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The infinitives laredet {לָרֶדֶת | lā·re·ḏêṯ} and likrat {לִקְרַאת | liq·rā·’ṯ} express purpose “to go down to meet.”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:20
For your servant knows that I have sinned, and behold, I have come today as the first from all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 19:20, so the Hebrew word לָרֶ֖דֶת (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 2 Sam.19.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.20.W12.S1) and character.