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

Result
יָ + רַ֔דְ + תִּי
ya + rad + ti
yaradti

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-RAD-ti

  2. 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 contextJonah 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.