1 Kings 14:27:81 Kgs.14.27.W8TAB

עַל־יַד֙

alyad

into the hand of

Transliteration
al-YAD
Extended
ahl-YAHD
IPA
/ʕalˈjad/

Meaning by language

English
into the hand of

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Result
עַל + יַד֙
al + yad
alyad

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    al-YAD

  2. clause

    ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh

  3. sentence

    va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am takh-TAM ma-gin-NE ne-KHO-shet ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh

Exegesis

The idiom ʿal-yad sārê hārāṣîm haššōmrîm {עַל־יַד שָׂרֵ֣י הָרָצִ֔ים הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים | ʿal-yad sārê hārāṣîm haššōmrîm} ‘under the authority of the officers of the runners, the guards’ expresses hierarchy.

In context1 Kings 14:27

And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and appointed them under the authority of the officers of the runners, the guards at the entrance of the king’s house .

About this coordinate

1 Kings 14:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 14:27, so the Hebrew word עַל־יַד֙ (alyad) 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.14.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.27.W8.S1) and character.