Joshua 16:7:8Josh.16.7.W8TAB
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
hayarden
“at the Jordan”
- Transliteration
- ha-yar-DEN
- Extended
- hah-yar-DEHN
- IPA
- /haj.jarˈdeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the Jordan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-yar-DEN
- clause
u-pa-GA bi-yi-ri-KHO ve-ya-TSA ha-yar-DEN
- 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
Finally, veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ leads to hayarden {הַיַּרְדֵּן | ha-ya-rḏên} ‘the Jordan’. This coordination of prepositional phrases and vav prefixes produces a precise north-to-south territorial demarcation.
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 16:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 16:7, so the Hebrew word הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (hayarden) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.7.W8.S1) and character.