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
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 hag-GVU-l
- 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
- 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 context — Joshua 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.