Joshua 16:7:1Josh.16.7.W1TAB
וְיָרַ֥ד
veyarad
“and it went down”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-RAD
- Extended
- veh-yaa-RAHD
- IPA
- /vəjaːˈrad/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it went down
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ya-RAD
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-RAD mi-ya-NO-kha
- clause
ve-ya-RAD mi-ya-NO-kha a-ta-ROT ve-na-a-ra-TAH
- sentence
ve-ya-RAD mi-ya-NO-kha a-ta-ROT ve-na-a-ra-TAH u-pa-GA bi-yi-ri-KHO ve-ya-TSA ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The verb veyarad {וְיָרַד | wə-yā-räḏ} ‘and it went down’ opens with the prepositional phrase min-yanokha {מִיָּנ֖וֹחָה | mî-yā-nô-ḥā} ‘from Janoah’.
Root and etymology
y-r-dyod–resh–dalet
“to go down”
In context — Joshua 16:7
It descended from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touched Jericho , and went out at the Jordan .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 16:7, so the Hebrew word וְיָרַ֥ד (veyarad) 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.16.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.7.W1.S1) and character.