2 Samuel 19:24:32 Sam.19.24.W3TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:25
יָרַ֖ד
yarad
“came down”
- Transliteration
- ya-RAD
- Extended
- yaa-RAD
- IPA
- /jaːˈrad/
Meaning by language
- English
- came down
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ya-RAD
- clause
u-me-fi-VO-shet ben-sha-UL ya-RAD lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
u-me-fi-VO-shet ben-sha-UL ya-RAD lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-a-SA rag-la-VAIV ve-LO-a-SA se-fa-MO ve-ET-be-ga-DAV LO khi-BES le-min-ha-YOM LE-khet ha-ME-lekh ad-ha-YOM a-SHER-ba be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The verb yarad {יָרַד | yā-rəḏ} ‘he went down’ with the infinitive construct likrat {לִקְרַאת | li-qə-rāṯ} ‘to meet’ forms a purpose clause directed at ha-melech {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham-mé-leḵ} ‘the king’.
Root and etymology
י־ר־דy-r-d
“to descend”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:24
And Mephibosheth, son of Saul, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet , nor trimmed his beard , nor washed his clothes from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 19:24, so the Hebrew word יָרַ֖ד (yarad) 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.19.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.24.W3.S1) and character.