1 Chronicles 18:3:81 Chr.18.3.W8TAB
יָד֖וֹ
yado
“his hand”
- Transliteration
- ya-DO
- Extended
- yaa-DOH
- IPA
- /jaːˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his hand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-DO
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-TSIV ya-DO
- clause
be-lekh-TO le-ha-TSIV ya-DO bin-HAR-pe-RAT
- sentence
va-YAKH da-VID ET-ha-dad-e-ZER ME-lekh-tso-VA kha-ma-TA be-lekh-TO le-ha-TSIV ya-DO bin-HAR-pe-RAT
Exegesis
The prepositional infinitive belekhto {בְּלֶכְתּוֹ | bəleḵtô} indicates purpose, complemented by lehatsiv {לְהַצִּיב | lehaṣṣîḇ} yado {יָדוֹ | yādô}, an idiom for asserting authority.
Root and etymology
y-d
“hand, power”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:3
And David struck Hadadezer, king of Zobah, at Hamath , as he went to establish his hand in the Euphrates River.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 18:3, so the Hebrew word יָד֖וֹ (yado) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.18.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.3.W8.S1) and character.