The meaning of “מוֹרָד”
Understanding môwrâd reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
going down, steep place, thin work. - a descent - as architecture, an ornamental appendage, perhaps a festoon 1) descent...
מוֹרָד
going down, steep place, thin work. - a descent - as architecture, an ornamental appendage, perhaps a festoon 1) descent, slope, steep place, hanging work, bevelled work 1a) descent 1b) hanging work
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua 7:5 | “And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.” Word: מוֹרָד (môwrâd) | |
| Joshua 10:11 | “And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth–horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.” Word: מוֹרָד (môwrâd) | |
| 1 Kings 7:29 | “And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.” Word: מוֹרָד (môwrâd) | |
| Jeremiah 48:5 | “For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.” Word: מוֹרָד (môwrâd) | |
| Micah 1:4 | “And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.” Word: מוֹרָד (môwrâd) |
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