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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
al-YAD
- clause
ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh
- 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 context — 1 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.