Psalm 18:13:7Ps.18.13.W7TABWLC Psalms 18:14
בָּרָד
barad
“hailstones”
- Transliteration
- ba-RAD
- Extended
- baa-RAHD
- IPA
- /baˈraːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- hailstones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-RAD
- sentence
va-yir-AM ba-sha-MA-yim ye-ho-VAH ve-el-YON yit-TEN ko-LO ba-RAD ve-ga-ha-LE-Esh
Exegesis
The sequence bā-rād {בָּרָד | bā-rād} “hail” and gaḥalē-ʾēš {גַחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ | gaḥalē-’ēš} “coals of fire” forms a hendiadys that intensifies the imagery of judgment. Hebrew parallelism and asyndetic coordination are rendered through paired English phrases and an em dash to preserve dramatic momentum.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–resh–dalet
“hail”
In context — Psalm 18:13
And the LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave his voice—hail stones and coals-of-fire .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Psalm 18:13, so the Hebrew word בָּרָד (barad) 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 Ps.18.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.13.W7.S1) and character.