1 Kings 15:18:131 Kgs.15.18.W13TAB
בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֑יו
beyadavadav
“into the hand of his servants”
- Transliteration
- be-yad-a-va-DAV
- Extended
- beh-yahd-ah-vah-DAAV
- IPA
- /bəjad.ʕăvaːˈdaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the hand of his servants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-yad-a-va-DAV
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-SA et-KOL-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV ha-no-ta-RIM be-ots-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ots-ROT BET me-LEKH ha-ME-lekh va-yit-ne-NEM be-yad-a-va-DAV
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-SA et-KOL-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV ha-no-ta-RIM be-ots-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ots-ROT BET me-LEKH ha-ME-lekh va-yit-ne-NEM be-yad-a-va-DAV va-yish-la-KHEM ha-ME-lekh a-SA el-ben-ha-DAD ben-tab-rim-MON ben-khez-YON ME-lekh a-RAM ha-yo-SHEV be-da-ME-sek le-MOR
Exegesis
The phrase beyad avadav {בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֑יו | bə-yad-ʿăḇāḏāyw} ‘into the hand of his servants’ marks mediated agency: Asa does not personally carry the valuables. The recipient is identified with a lineage chain (ben-hadad ... ben-tabrimmon ... ben-hezyon), followed by title and locale (melek Aram ...
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–bet–dalet
“to serve”
In context — 1 Kings 15:18
Asa took all the silver and the gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king’s house, the king’s palace, and he put them into the hand of his servants and sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezyon, king of Aram, the one dwelling in Damascus, saying,
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 15:18, so the Hebrew word בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֑יו (beyadavadav) 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.15.18.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.18.W13.S1) and character.