1 Kings 13:4:181 Kgs.13.4.W18TAB
יָדוֹ֙
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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Word in context
- word
ya-DO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ti-VASH ya-DO
- clause
va-ti-VASH ya-DO a-SHER sha-LAKH a-LAV ve-LO ya-KHOL la-ha-shi-VA e-LAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA al-ha-miz-BE-akh be-VEIT-EL va-yish-LAKH ya-rav-AM et-ya-DO me-AL ha-miz-BE-akh le-MOR tif-SU-hu va-ti-VASH ya-DO a-SHER sha-LAKH a-LAV ve-LO ya-KHOL la-ha-shi-VA e-LAV
Exegesis
The main verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he stretched out’ governs the object yado {יָדוֹ | yādô} ‘his hand’, an expression of royal authority.
In context — 1 Kings 13:4
And it happened, when the king heard the word of the man of God that he had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from upon the altar, saying, “Seize him!” But his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up so that he was not able to bring it back to himself.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:4:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 13:4, so the Hebrew word יָדוֹ֙ (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 Kgs.13.4.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.4.W18.S1) and character.