1 Kings 15:29:141 Kgs.15.29.W14TAB
בְּיַד־עַבְדּ֖וֹ
beyadavdo
“by the hand of his servant”
- Transliteration
- be-YAD-av-DO
- Extended
- beh-YAHD-ahv-DOO
- IPA
- /bəˈjad.ʕavˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the hand of his servant
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
be-YAD-av-DO
- clause
ki-dvar Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-DO a-khi-YA ha-shi-lo-NI
- sentence
va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO hi-KA et-KOL-BET ya-ra-VA-am lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA le-ya-ra-VA-am ad-hi-shmi-DO ki-dvar Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-DO a-khi-YA ha-shi-lo-NI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase kî-dᵊvar YHWH {כִּדְבַר יְהוָה | kî-dᵊvar Yə-hō-wāh} ‘according to the word of the LORD’ frames divine mandate, and the relative clauses asher diber {אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר | ʾăšer dîbber} ‘which He spoke’ plus bəyad avdō {בְּיַד־עַבְדּוֹ | bə-yad ʿaḇdô} ‘by the hand of His servant’ identify Ahijah the Shilonite {אֲחִיָּה הַשִּׁילֹנִי | ʾăḥiyyāh ha-šîlônî} as the prophetic mediator, underscoring fulfillment of spoken prophecy.
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–bet–dalet
“to serve”
In context — 1 Kings 15:29
As soon as he began to reign, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he left Jeroboam no one who breathed until he had destroyed it according to the word of the LORD spoken by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:29:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 15:29, so the Hebrew word בְּיַד־עַבְדּ֖וֹ (beyadavdo) 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.15.29.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.29.W14.S1) and character.