Joshua 16:3:1Josh.16.3.W1TAB
וְיָֽרַד־יָ֜מָּה
veyaradyamah
“and it descended westward”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-RAD-ya-MAH
- Extended
- veh-ya-RAHD-yaam-MAH
- IPA
- /vəjaˈrad.jamˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it descended westward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ya-RAD-ya-MAH
- clause
ve-ya-RAD-ya-MAH el-GVU-l ha-yaf-LE-ti ad GVU-l BEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON ve-AD-GA-zer
- sentence
ve-ya-RAD-ya-MAH el-GVU-l ha-yaf-LE-ti ad GVU-l BEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON ve-AD-GA-zer ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TO tot-se-o-TA-v ya-MAH
Exegesis
The verse continues a boundary description with the initial verbal clause veyarad-yammah {וְיָֽרַד־יָ֜מָּה | wə-yāraḏ-yām·māh} ‘and it went down seaward,’ where the directional yammah supplies orientation (toward the Mediterranean) rather than naming the sea explicitly.
Root and etymology
consonantsyod–resh–dalet
“to go down”
In context — Joshua 16:3
And it went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletite , as far as the boundary of Lower Beth-horon, and as far as Gezer; and its goings out were seaward.
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 16:3, so the Hebrew word וְיָֽרַד־יָ֜מָּה (veyaradyamah) 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.16.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.3.W1.S1) and character.