מִיַּ֥ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִיַּ֥ד

   mi-YAD

   from the hand of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִיַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

   mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

   from the hand of Philistines
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקַּ֛ח אֶת־גַּ֥ת וּבְנֹתֶ֖יהָ מִיַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

   va-yik-KAKH et-GAT u-ve-no-TE-ha mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

   and he took {direct object marker} Gath and her daughters or and its villages from the hand of Philistines
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיַּ֥ךְ דָּוִ֛יד אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיַּכְנִיעֵ֑ם וַיִּקַּ֛ח אֶת־גַּ֥ת וּבְנֹתֶ֖יהָ מִיַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

   va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN va-YAKH da-VID et-pe-lish-TIM va-yakh-ni-EM va-yik-KAKH et-GAT u-ve-no-TE-ha mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

   and it happened after thus or after that and he struck David {direct object marker} the Philistines and he subdued them and he took {direct object marker} Gath and her daughters or and its villages from the hand of Philistines

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase miyad {מִיַּד | miyyād} ‘from the hand of’ conveys source of conquest. In English, VSO order becomes SVO, and Hebrew constructs are rendered with prepositional or possessive structures to preserve meaning and readability.

Root and etymology

y-d🔊 י־ד

“hand, power”

• 🔊 יָדִידyā·dîdbelovedPsalm 127:2