Genesis 28:2:3Gen.28.2.W3TAB
פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה
padena
“to Paddan”
- Transliteration
- pa-DE-na
- Extended
- pah-DEH-nah
- IPA
- /pa.ˈdɛ.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Paddan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
pa-DE-na
- phraseyour reading level
pa-DE-na a-RAM
- clause
KUM LEKH pa-DE-na a-RAM BEI-ta ve-tu-EL a-VI im-ME-kha
- sentence
KUM LEKH pa-DE-na a-RAM BEI-ta ve-tu-EL a-VI im-ME-kha ve-kakh-le-KHA mi-SHAM i-SHA mib-be-NOT la-VAN a-KHI im-ME-kha
Exegesis
The destination is encoded in paddenah aram {פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה אֲרָ֔ם | pad-de-nāh ʾă-rām}, a compound place-name combining the locative he with Paddan and the region Aram.
In context — Genesis 28:2
Get up and proceed to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and take for yourself a wife from there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother .
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 28:2, so the Hebrew word פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה (padena) 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.28.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.2.W3.S1) and character.