2 Samuel 20:2:132 Sam.20.2.W13TAB
מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן
minhayarden
“from the Jordan”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-yar-DEN
- Extended
- mihn-hah-yahr-DEEN
- IPA
- /min.haj.jarˈdeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the Jordan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-yar-DEN
- clause
ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The locative expression min-hayarden ve-ad-yerushalayim {מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן וְעַד־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | min-ha-yar-dēn wə-ʿad yə-rū-šā-lā-yim} ‘from the Jordan to Jerusalem’ specifies the geographical boundary. English SVO order is adopted and the adversative sense is rendered with “but.”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel withdrew from following David to follow Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah remained loyal to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן (minhayarden) 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.20.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.2.W13.S1) and character.