Exodus 19:21:4Exod.19.21.W4TAB
רֵ֖ד
red
“go down”
- Transliteration
- RED
- Extended
- REHD
- IPA
- /reːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- go down
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
RED
- clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE RED ha-ED ba-AM
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE RED ha-ED ba-AM pen-ye-her-SU el-ye-ho-VAH lir-OT ve-na-FAL mih-me-NU RAV
Exegesis
The paired imperatives red {רֵד | rēḏ} ‘go down’ and haed {הָעֵד | hā-ʿēḏ} ‘warn’ combine movement with authoritative admonition.
Root and etymology
Rooty-r-d
“to go down, descend”
In context — Exodus 19:21
And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people so they do not break through to the LORD to see, and many of them perish.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 19:21, so the Hebrew word רֵ֖ד (red) 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 Exod.19.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.21.W4.S1) and character.