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ירד

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ירד¹

  • /jaˈrad/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *warad-. Cognate to Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎄 (yrd, “to go down”), Arabic وَرَدَ (warada, “to come, to arrive”), Ge'ez ወረደ (wärädä, “to descend”) and Akkadian 𒉿𒊏𒁺𒌝 (warādum, “to go down to lower ground, to come ashore, to go downhill or downstream”).

verb יָרַד · yarád · לָרֶדֶת · יְרִידָה · יָרוּד

  1. construction pa'al To go down, descend. יורד גשם.

    Opposite: עָלָה

  2. construction pa'al To go down, decline, decrease.

    Similar: פָּחַת · Opposite: עָלָה

  3. construction pa'al, derogatory To emigrate from Israel, or (humorous) from another country.

    Opposite: עָלָה [aliyah]]>

  4. colloquial, construction pa'al To criticize, lambaste, roast [with על (al) ‘on’].
  5. construction pa'al To get out of a vehicle.
  6. colloquial, construction pa'al, vulgar To give fellatio or cunnilingus [with ל־ (l') ‘on’].

ירד²

  • /jaˈrad/ Modern Israeli

proper noun יֶרֶד · yéred

  1. Jared (a man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah)

In English

  • rain of rain: to fall from the sky
  • decline move downwards
  • go down descend
  • descend to physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ירד},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%93},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}