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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. Isaiah 31:4יֵרֵד֙ · will come down
    For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
  2. Isaiah 32:19בְּרֶ֣דֶת · will level
    But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
  3. Isaiah 34:5תֵּרֵ֔ד · it will come down
    When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
  4. Isaiah 34:7וְיָרְד֤וּ · will fall
    And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
  5. Isaiah 38:8יָרְדָה֩ · falls; יָרָֽדָה׃ס · it had descended
    I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
  6. Isaiah 38:18יֽוֹרְדֵי־ · Those who descend
    For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
  7. Isaiah 42:10יוֹרְדֵ֤י · you who go down
    Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
  8. Isaiah 43:14וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י · and bring them
    Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
  9. Isaiah 47:1רְדִ֣י׀ · Go down
    “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
  10. Isaiah 52:4יָֽרַד־ · went down
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
  11. Isaiah 55:10יֵרֵד֩ · fall
    For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
  12. Isaiah 63:6וְאוֹרִ֥יד · and poured out
    I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”
  13. Isaiah 63:14תֵרֵ֔ד · going down
    Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.
  14. Isaiah 64:1יָרַ֔דְתָּ · and come down
    If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
  15. Isaiah 64:3יָרַ֕דְתָּ · You came down
    When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
  16. Jeremiah 9:18וְתֵרַ֤דְנָה · may overflow
    Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
  17. Jeremiah 13:17וְתֵרַ֤ד · will overflow
    But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
  18. Jeremiah 13:18יָרַד֙ · have fallen
    Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
  19. Jeremiah 14:17תֵּרַ֨דְנָה · overflow
    You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
  20. Jeremiah 18:2וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ · Go down
    “Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.”
  21. Jeremiah 18:3וָאֵרֵ֖ד · So I went down
    So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.
  22. Jeremiah 22:1רֵ֖ד · Go down
    This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,
  23. Jeremiah 36:12וַיֵּ֤רֶד · he went down
    …he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
  24. Jeremiah 48:15יָרְד֣וּ · have gone down
    Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
  25. Jeremiah 48:18רְדִ֤י · Come down
    Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
  26. Jeremiah 49:16אֽוֹרִידְךָ֖ · I will bring you down
    The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
  27. Jeremiah 50:27יֵרְד֖וּ · let them go down
    Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.
  28. Jeremiah 51:40אֽוֹרִידֵ֖ם · I will bring them down
    I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
  29. Lamentations 1:9וַתֵּ֣רֶד · Her downfall
    Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
  30. Lamentations 1:16יֹ֣רְדָה · flow
    For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
  31. Lamentations 2:10הוֹרִ֤ידוּ · have bowed
    The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
  32. Lamentations 2:18הוֹרִ֨ידִי · run down
    The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
  33. Lamentations 3:48תֵּרַ֣ד · flow
    Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  34. Ezekiel 26:11תֵּרֵֽד׃ · will fall
    The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.
  35. Ezekiel 26:16וְֽיָרְד֞וּ · will descend
    All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.
  36. Ezekiel 26:20וְהוֹרַדְתִּיךְ֩ · then I will bring you down; י֨וֹרְדֵי · those who descend; י֣וֹרְדֵי · those who descend
    …then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.
  37. Ezekiel 27:29וְֽיָרְד֞וּ · will abandon
    All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.
  38. Ezekiel 28:8יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ · They will bring you down
    They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
  39. Ezekiel 30:6וְיָרַ֖ד · will collapse
    For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.
  40. Ezekiel 31:12וַיֵּרְד֧וּ · left
    Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.
  41. Ezekiel 31:14י֥וֹרְדֵי · who descend
    This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
  42. Ezekiel 31:15רִדְתּ֤וֹ · it was brought down
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.
  43. Ezekiel 31:16בְּהוֹרִדִ֥י · when I cast it down; י֣וֹרְדֵי · those who descend
    I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
  44. Ezekiel 31:17יָרְד֥וּ · descended
    They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.
  45. Ezekiel 31:18וְהוּרַדְתָּ֨ · You also will be brought down
    Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
  46. Ezekiel 32:18וְהוֹרִדֵ֑הוּ · and consign
    “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit: