Joshua 18:16:1Josh.18.16.W1TAB

וְיָרַ֨ד

veyarad

and it goes down

Transliteration
ve-ya-RAD
Extended
veh-yaa-RAD
IPA
/vəjaːˈrad/

Meaning by language

English
and it goes down

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + יָ + רַ֨ד
ve + ya + rad
veyarad

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ya-RAD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ya-RAD hag-GVU-l

  3. clause

    ve-ya-RAD hag-GVU-l el-ket-TSEH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI GEI ben-hin-NOM a-SHER be-EH-mek re-fa-IM tsa-fo-NAH

  4. sentence

    ve-ya-RAD hag-GVU-l el-ket-TSEH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI GEI ben-hin-NOM a-SHER be-EH-mek re-fa-IM tsa-fo-NAH ve-ya-RAD GEI hin-NOM el-ke-TEF hai-ve-su-I NEG-ba ve-ya-RAD EIN ro-GEL

Exegesis

The Hebrew verse employs a vav-consecutive sequence with veyarad {וְיָרַד | wə-yā-rəḏ} ‘and it went down’ to trace stepwise descent.

In contextJoshua 18:16

And the boundary went down to the edge of the hill overlooking the Valley of Ben Hinnom, which lies in the Valley of Rephaim to the north; then it went down the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite to the south, and it went down to En Rogel.

About this coordinate

Joshua 18:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 18:16, so the Hebrew word וְיָרַ֨ד (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.18.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.16.W1.S1) and character.