Judges 15:12:4Judg.15.12.W4TAB

יָרַ֔דְנוּ

yaradnu

we have come down

Transliteration
ya-RAD-nu
Extended
yaa-RAD-noo
IPA
/jaːˈrad.nuː/

Meaning by language

English
we have come down

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יָ + רַ֔דְ + נוּ
ya + rad + nu
yaradnu

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-RAD-nu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-e-sar-KHA ya-RAD-nu

  3. clause

    va-yo-me-RU LO le-e-sar-KHA ya-RAD-nu le-tit-te-KHA be-YAD-pe-li-SHET-tim

  4. sentence

    va-yo-me-RU LO le-e-sar-KHA ya-RAD-nu le-tit-te-KHA be-YAD-pe-li-SHET-tim va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-SHON hish-sha-VU LI pen-tif-ge-UN BI a-TEM

In contextJudges 15:12

And they said to him, “We have come down to bind you and hand you over to the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves.”

About this coordinate

Judges 15:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 15:12, so the Hebrew word יָרַ֔דְנוּ (yaradnu) 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 Judg.15.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.12.W4.S1) and character.