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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. 1 Samuel 13:20וַיֵּרְד֥וּ · would go down
    Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
  2. 1 Samuel 14:36נֵרְדָ֣ה · Let us go down
    And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
  3. 1 Samuel 14:37הַֽאֵרֵד֙ · Shall I go down
    So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
  4. 1 Samuel 15:6רְד֜וּ · and get away
    And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
  5. 1 Samuel 15:12וַיֵּ֖רֶד · and gone down
    Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
  6. 1 Samuel 17:8וְיֵרֵ֥ד · and have him come down
    And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
  7. 1 Samuel 17:28יָרַ֗דְתָּ · have you come down; יָרָֽדְתָּ׃ · you have come down
    Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
  8. 1 Samuel 19:12וַתֹּ֧רֶד · lowered
    So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
  9. 1 Samuel 20:19תֵּרֵ֣ד · down
    When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
  10. 1 Samuel 21:13וַיּ֥וֹרֶד · run
    So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
  11. 1 Samuel 22:1וַיֵּרְד֥וּ · they went down
    So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
  12. 1 Samuel 23:4רֵ֣ד · Go
    Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  13. 1 Samuel 23:6יָרַ֥ד · had brought
    (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)
  14. 1 Samuel 23:8לָרֶ֣דֶת · to go
    Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.
  15. 1 Samuel 23:11הֲיֵרֵ֣ד · come down; יֵרֵֽד׃ · He will
    Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
  16. 1 Samuel 23:20לָרֶ֖דֶת; רֵ֑ד · come down
    Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
  17. 1 Samuel 23:25וַיֵּ֣רֶד · he went down
    …and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
  18. 1 Samuel 25:1וַיֵּ֖רֶד · and went down
    When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
  19. 1 Samuel 25:20וְיֹרֶ֙דֶת֙; יֹרְדִ֖ים · coming down
    As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
  20. 1 Samuel 25:23וַתֵּ֖רֶד · got off
    When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
  21. 1 Samuel 26:2וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙ · went down
    So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
  22. 1 Samuel 26:6יֵרֵ֥ד · will go down; אֵרֵ֥ד · go
    And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
  23. 1 Samuel 26:10יֵרֵ֖ד · he will go
    David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
  24. 1 Samuel 29:4יֵרֵ֤ד · go down
    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
  25. 1 Samuel 30:15הֲתוֹרִדֵ֖נִי · Will you lead me; וְאוֹרִֽדְךָ֖ · and I will lead you
    “Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
  26. 1 Samuel 30:16וַיֹּ֣רִדֵ֔הוּ · So he led [David] down
    So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
  27. 1 Samuel 30:24הַיֹּרֵ֣ד · of the one who went
    Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
  28. 2 Samuel 5:17וַיֵּ֖רֶד · and went down
    When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.
  29. 2 Samuel 11:8רֵ֥ד · Go down
    Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
  30. 2 Samuel 11:9יָרַ֖ד · go down
    But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
  31. 2 Samuel 11:10יָרַ֥ד · go; יָרַ֥דְתָּ · go
    And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
  32. 2 Samuel 11:13יָרָֽד׃ · go
    Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
  33. 2 Samuel 17:18וַיֵּ֥רְדוּ · and they climbed down
    But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
  34. 2 Samuel 19:16וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙
    Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
  35. 2 Samuel 19:20לָרֶ֕דֶת · to come down
    For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
  36. 2 Samuel 19:24יָרַ֖ד · went down
    Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
  37. 2 Samuel 19:31יָרַ֖ד · had come down
    Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.
  38. 2 Samuel 21:15וַיֵּ֨רֶד · went down
    Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted.
  39. 2 Samuel 22:10וַיֵּרַ֑ד · and came down
    He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
  40. 2 Samuel 22:48וּמוֹרִ֥יד · and brings down
    …the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
  41. 2 Samuel 23:13וַיֵּרְד֨וּ · went down
    At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
  42. 2 Samuel 23:20יָרַ֞ד · went down
    And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
  43. 2 Samuel 23:21וַיֵּ֥רֶד · Benaiah went against
    He also struck down an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.