Joshua 16:1:5Josh.16.1.W5TAB
מִיַּרְדֵּ֣ן
miyarden
“from the Jordan”
- Transliteration
- mi-yar-DEN
- Extended
- mih-yar-DEHN
- IPA
- /mij.jarˈdeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the Jordan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mi-yar-DEN
- phraseyour reading level
mi-yar-DEN ye-ri-CHO
- clause
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL liv-NEI yo-SEF mi-yar-DEN ye-ri-CHO le-MEI ye-ri-CHO miz-ra-KHAH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL liv-NEI yo-SEF mi-yar-DEN ye-ri-CHO le-MEI ye-ri-CHO miz-ra-KHAH ham-mid-BAR o-LEH mi-ye-ri-CHO ba-HAR beit-EL
Exegesis
A series of locational phrases—mi-Yarden Yericho {מִיַּרְדֵּ֣ן יְרִיח֔וֹ | min·Yār·dēn Yə·rī·ḥō}, lə-mē Yericho {לְמֵ֥י יְרִיח֖וֹ | lə·mē Yə·rī·ḥō}, mizrachah {מִזְרָ֑חָה | miz·rā·ḥā}, and ha-midbar ʿōlē {הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר עֹלֶ֧ה | ha·mid·bār ʿō·lē}—outline the route.
Root and etymology
consonantsyod–resh–dalet
“to go down”
In context — Joshua 16:1
And the lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill country to Bethel .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 16:1, so the Hebrew word מִיַּרְדֵּ֣ן (miyarden) 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 Josh.16.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.1.W5.S1) and character.