Jonah 2:6:3Jonah.2.6.W3TABWLC Jonah 2:7
יָרַ֔דְתִּי
yaradti
“I went down”
- Transliteration
- ya-RAD-ti
- Extended
- yaa-RAHD-tih
- IPA
- /jaˈrad.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I went down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ya-RAD-ti
- sentence
le-kits-VE ha-RIM ya-RAD-ti ha-A-rets be-ri-KHE-ha ba-a-DI le-o-LAM va-ta-AL mi-sha-KHAT kha-YAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
Exegesis
The perfect verb yaradti {יָרַדְתִּי | yā-raḏ-tî} ‘I descended’ reports the descent as an accomplished reality, not merely a fear.
Root and etymology
consonantsYod–Resh–Dalet
“to go down”
In context — Jonah 2:6
To the bases of the mountains I went down; the earth, with its bars around me, held me fast forever; yet You brought up my life from the pit , O LORD , my God .
About this coordinate
Jonah 2:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jonah 2:6, so the Hebrew word יָרַ֔דְתִּי (yaradti) 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 Jonah.2.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.2.6.W3.S1) and character.