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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. Exodus 19:25וַיֵּ֥רֶד · went down
    So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.
  2. Exodus 32:1לָרֶ֣דֶת · in coming down
    Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
  3. Exodus 32:7רֵ֕ד
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
  4. Exodus 32:15וַיֵּ֤רֶד · and went down
    Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
  5. Exodus 33:5הוֹרֵ֤ד · take off
    For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
  6. Exodus 33:9יֵרֵד֙ · would come down
    As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
  7. Exodus 34:5וַיֵּ֤רֶד · descended
    And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
  8. Exodus 34:29בְּרֶ֤דֶת · came down; בְּרִדְתּ֖וֹ
    And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.
  9. Leviticus 9:22וַיֵּ֗רֶד · he stepped down
    Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down.
  10. Numbers 1:51יוֹרִ֤ידוּ · are to take it down
    Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
  11. Numbers 4:5וְהוֹרִ֕דוּ · take down
    Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
  12. Numbers 10:17וְהוּרַ֖ד · was taken down
    Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
  13. Numbers 11:9וּבְרֶ֧דֶת · fell; יֵרֵ֥ד · would fall
    When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
  14. Numbers 11:17וְיָרַדְתִּ֗י · And I will come down
    And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
  15. Numbers 11:25וַיֵּ֨רֶד · came down
    Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
  16. Numbers 12:5וַיֵּ֤רֶד · came down
    …and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
  17. Numbers 14:45וַיֵּ֤רֶד · came down
    Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
  18. Numbers 16:30וְיָרְד֥וּ · so that they go down
    But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
  19. Numbers 16:33וַיֵּ֨רְד֜וּ · went down
    They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
  20. Numbers 20:15וַיֵּרְד֤וּ · went down
    …how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
  21. Numbers 20:28וַיֵּ֧רֶד · came down
    After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
  22. Numbers 34:11וְיָרַ֨ד · go down; וְיָרַ֣ד · and continue along
    …then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
  23. Numbers 34:12וְיָרַ֤ד · will go down
    Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
  24. Deuteronomy 1:25וַיּוֹרִ֖דוּ · carried it down
    They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
  25. Deuteronomy 9:12רֵ֤ד · and go down
    And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”
  26. Deuteronomy 9:15וָֽאֵרֵד֙ · down
    So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
  27. Deuteronomy 9:21הַיֹּרֵ֥ד · that came down
    And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
  28. Deuteronomy 10:5וָֽאֵרֵד֙ · down
    …and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
  29. Deuteronomy 10:22יָרְד֥וּ · went down
    Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
  30. Deuteronomy 20:20רִדְתָּֽהּ׃פ · it falls
    But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
  31. Deuteronomy 21:4וְהוֹרִ֡דוּ · bring
    …bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
  32. Deuteronomy 26:5וַיֵּ֣רֶד · and he went down
    …and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
  33. Deuteronomy 28:24יֵרֵ֣ד · it will descend
    The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
  34. Deuteronomy 28:43תֵרֵ֖ד · sink down
    The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
  35. Deuteronomy 28:52רֶ֤דֶת · have fallen
    They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
  36. Joshua 2:15וַתּוֹרִדֵ֥ם · Then [Rahab] let them down
    Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
  37. Joshua 2:18הוֹרַדְתֵּ֣נוּ · you let us down
    …unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.
  38. Joshua 2:23וַיֵּרְד֣וּ · came down
    Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.
  39. Joshua 3:13הַיֹּרְדִ֖ים · flowing
    When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
  40. Joshua 3:16הַיֹּרְדִ֨ים · the flowing; וְהַיֹּרְדִ֗ים · while the water flowing
    …the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
  41. Joshua 8:29וַיֹּרִ֧ידוּ
    He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
  42. Joshua 10:27וַיֹּֽרִידוּם֙ · that they be taken down
    At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
  43. Joshua 15:10וְיָרַ֥ד · went down
    The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
  44. Joshua 16:3וְיָֽרַד־ · Then it descended
    Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
  45. Joshua 16:7וְיָרַ֥ד · it went down
    From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
  46. Joshua 17:9וְיָרַ֣ד · continued
    From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.