Genesis 18:21:1Gen.18.21.W1TAB
אֵֽרֲדָה־נָּ֣א
eradana
“please let me go down”
- Transliteration
- e-ra-da-NA
- Extended
- eh-rah-dah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʔeː.ră.ðaː.ˈnːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- please let me go down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-ra-da-NA
- phraseyour reading level
e-ra-da-NA ve-er-EH
- clause
e-ra-da-NA ve-er-EH hak-tsa-a-ka-TAH ha-BA-a e-LAI a-SU ka-LA
- sentence
e-ra-da-NA ve-er-EH hak-tsa-a-ka-TAH ha-BA-a e-LAI a-SU ka-LA ve-im-LO e-da-A
Exegesis
The verse opens with the cohortative verb eredah {אֵֽרֲדָה | ʾē-ră-dāh} ‘I will go down,’ expressing deliberate divine intention rather than mere futurity.
The particle na {נָּא | nā} follows in maqqef-connection, softening the statement and conveying immediacy or earnest resolve.
Root and etymology
y-r-dyod–resh–dalet
“to go down, descend”
In context — Genesis 18:21
I will go down now and see whether they have acted completely according to the outcry that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:21, so the Hebrew word אֵֽרֲדָה־נָּ֣א (eradana) 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 Gen.18.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.21.W1.S1) and character.