Judges 19:11:4Judg.19.11.W4TAB
רַ֣ד
rad
“was going down”
- Transliteration
- RAD
- Extended
- RAHD
- IPA
- /ˈrad/
Meaning by language
- English
- was going down
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RAD
- phraseyour reading level
RAD me-OD
- clause
HEM IM-ye-VUS ve-ha-YOM RAD me-OD
- sentence
HEM IM-ye-VUS ve-ha-YOM RAD me-OD va-yo-MER ha-NA-ar EL-a-do-NA-v le-KHA-na ve-na-SU-ra EL-iR-ha-ye-vu-SI ha-ZOT ve-na-LIN BA
Exegesis
The verb rad {רַד | rad} in wə-hă-yôm rad mə-ʾôd {וְהַיּוֹם רַד מְאֹד} uses a Qal perfect as a temporal marker with mə-ʾôd ‘very’ to convey the lateness of the day.
Root and etymology
“to descend”
In context — Judges 19:11
Now they were near Jebus, and the day had declined greatly. Then the servant said to his master, “Please let us go and turn aside to this city of the Jebusite and let us spend the night in it.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 19:11, so the Hebrew word רַ֣ד (rad) 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.19.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.11.W4.S1) and character.