Joshua 18:7:16Josh.18.7.W16TAB
לַיַּרְדֵּן֙
layarden
“the Jordan”
- Transliteration
- la-yar-DEN
- Extended
- lah-yahr-DEHN
- IPA
- /lajjarˈdeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Jordan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-yar-DEN
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-ver la-yar-DEN
- clause
ve-GAD u-re-u-VEN va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH lak-KHU na-kha-la-TAM me-E-ver la-yar-DEN miz-ra-KHA a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
KI EIN-KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM be-kir-be-KHEM KI-khe-hu-NAT Ye-ho-VAH na-kha-la-TO ve-GAD u-re-u-VEN va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH lak-KHU na-kha-la-TAM me-E-ver la-yar-DEN miz-ra-KHA a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The waw-conjoined list (Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh) forms a new clause whose perfect verb laqechu {לָקְח֣וּ | lāqəḥû} ‘they took’ presents a completed allotment, further located by the stacked prepositional and directional expressions me-eber la-yarden mizrachah {מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרָחָה | mē-ʿēver layyardēn mizrāḥā} ‘beyond the Jordan, eastward’.
Root and etymology
y-r-dyod–resh–dalet
“to descend”
In context — Joshua 18:7
For there is no portion for the Levites among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance; and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave to them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 18:7, so the Hebrew word לַיַּרְדֵּן֙ (layarden) 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.18.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.7.W16.S1) and character.