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Numbers 16:33
“They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָרַדyârad · yaw-rad'
H3381 · Hebrew
H3381 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יֵּ֨רְד֜וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 381 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:5Genesis 11:7Genesis 12:10Genesis 15:11Genesis 18:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָרַד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.