בַּ/יַּרְדֵּֽן

𐤁/𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍

Yareden

into the Jordan

Proper name: The Jordan, a major river running north-south through the Levant, serving as a significant geographic, cultural, and symbolic boundary in the Hebrew Bible. In narrative, poetic, and legal texts, 'Yarden' typically refers to the river itself but may occasionally denote the adjoining region.

H3383

Joshua 3:11 · Word #9

Lexicon H3383

Lemmaיַרְדֵּן
Lemma (Paleo)𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍
TransliterationYareden
Strong'sH3383
DefinitionProper name: The Jordan, a major river running north-south through the Levant, serving as a significant geographic, cultural, and symbolic boundary in the Hebrew Bible. In narrative, poetic, and legal texts, 'Yarden' typically refers to the river itself but may occasionally denote the adjoining region.

Morphology HRd/Np All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype p — Proper Name — Proper name

Common Translation

Phraseinto the Jordan

SIBI-P1 Translation H3383-01

in the Descender

Morphological NotesPreposition בַּ (“in the”) + proper masculine singular noun יַרְדֵּן (toponym) with assimilated definite article.
Rendering RationaleThe proper name יַרְדֵּן derives from the root ירד (“to descend”), likely meaning “the Descender,” referring to the river’s steep downward course. The prefixed בַּ marks the preposition “in” with the definite article, yielding “in the Descender.”

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

in Yareden

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
RationaleProper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: in the Descender

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