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יָרַד

ya.radto go downHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb380 occurrences32 books345 verses

Definition

a primitive root; 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)
Traditional renderings: × abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, × indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָרַד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

380 total
  1. Genesis 11:5וַיֵּ֣רֶד · came down
    Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
  2. Genesis 11:7נֵֽרְדָ֔ה · let Us go down
    Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
  3. Genesis 12:10וַיֵּ֨רֶד · went down
    Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
  4. Genesis 15:11וַיֵּ֥רֶד · descended
    And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
  5. Genesis 18:21אֵֽרֲדָה־ · I will go down
    I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
  6. Genesis 24:16וַתֵּ֣רֶד · She went down
    Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
  7. Genesis 24:18וַתֹּ֧רֶד · lowered
    “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
  8. Genesis 24:45וַתֵּ֥רֶד · and she went down
    And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
  9. Genesis 24:46וַתּ֤וֹרֶד · lowered
    She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
  10. Genesis 26:2תֵּרֵ֣ד · go down
    The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
  11. Genesis 28:12וְיֹרְדִ֖ים · and down
    And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
  12. Genesis 37:25לְהוֹרִ֥יד · down
    And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
  13. Genesis 37:35אֵרֵ֧ד · I will go down
    All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
  14. Genesis 38:1וַיֵּ֥רֶד · left
    About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
  15. Genesis 39:1הוּרַ֣ד · had been taken down; הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ · had taken him
    Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
  16. Genesis 42:2רְדוּ־ · Go down
    “Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
  17. Genesis 42:3וַיֵּרְד֥וּ · went down
    So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
  18. Genesis 42:38יֵרֵ֥ד · go down there; וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם · down
    But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
  19. Genesis 43:4נֵרְדָ֕ה · we will go down
    If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
  20. Genesis 43:5נֵרֵ֑ד · go
    But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
  21. Genesis 43:7הוֹרִ֖ידוּ · Bring
    They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
  22. Genesis 43:11וְהוֹרִ֥ידוּ · and carry them down
    Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
  23. Genesis 43:15וַיֵּרְד֣וּ · Then they hurried down
    So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
  24. Genesis 43:20יָרֹ֥ד · we really did come down; יָרַ֛דְנוּ
    “Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
  25. Genesis 43:22הוֹרַ֥דְנוּ · We have brought
    We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
  26. Genesis 44:11וַיּוֹרִ֛דוּ · lowered
    So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
  27. Genesis 44:21הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ · Bring him down
    Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
  28. Genesis 44:23יֵרֵ֛ד · comes down
    But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
  29. Genesis 44:26לָרֶ֑דֶת · go down there; וְיָרַ֔דְנוּ · goes
    But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
  30. Genesis 44:29וְהֽוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם · down
    Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
  31. Genesis 44:31וְהוֹרִ֨ידוּ · down
    …sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
  32. Genesis 45:9רְדָ֥ה · Come down
    Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
  33. Genesis 45:13וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֥ם · And bring
    Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
  34. Genesis 46:3מֵרְדָ֣ה · to go down
    “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
  35. Genesis 46:4אֵרֵ֤ד · will go down
    I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
  36. Exodus 2:5וַתֵּ֤רֶד · went down
    Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
  37. Exodus 3:8וָאֵרֵ֞ד · I have come down
    I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  38. Exodus 9:19וְיָרַ֧ד · comes down
    So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
  39. Exodus 11:8וְיָרְד֣וּ · of yours will come
    And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
  40. Exodus 15:5יָרְד֥וּ · they sank
    The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.
  41. Exodus 19:11יֵרֵ֧ד · will come down
    …and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
  42. Exodus 19:14וַיֵּ֧רֶד · came down
    When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
  43. Exodus 19:18יָרַ֥ד · had descended
    Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
  44. Exodus 19:20וַיֵּ֧רֶד · descended
    The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
  45. Exodus 19:21רֵ֖ד · Go down
    …and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
  46. Exodus 19:24רֵ֔ד · down
    And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”