morad · descent

What it means

morad (מוֹרָד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “descent”.

A slope by which one goes down.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A slope by which one goes down from a high place to a lower one.
2. An ornament that dangles.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• descent ×3
• hanging ×1
• slope ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Joshua×2
• 1 Kings×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Micah×1

• Joshua 7:5

  The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, and pursued them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them on the descent. And the heart of the people melted and became water.

• Joshua 10:11

  And it came about, as they fled before Israel, while they were on the descent of Beth-horon, that YHWH threw down on them great stones from the heavens as far as Azekah, and they died. More were those who died by the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

• 1 Kings 7:29

  And on the panels that were between the crossbars were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the crossbars likewise; above and below the lions and the oxen were wreaths, hanging work.

• Jeremiah 48:5

  For the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up it, weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of breaking.

• Micah 1:4

  And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a slope.