בְּיַ֥ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּיַ֥ד

   be-YAD

   into the hand of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ׃

   be-YAD ha-ME-lekh

   into the hand of the king
3. clause🔊 אִם־נֶחְדָּֽל וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ עֲלֵ֣ה וְהַצְלַ֔ח וְנָתַ֥ן יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ׃

   im-nekh-DAL va-yo-MER e-LA-yv a-LE ve-ha-ts-LAKH ve-na-TAN ye-ho-VAH be-YAD ha-ME-lekh

   or shall we refrain and he said to him go up and succeed and will give the LORD into the hand of the king
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹא֮ אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ֒ אֵלָ֗יו מִיכָיְהוּ֙ הֲנֵלֵ֣ךְ אֶל־רָמֹ֔ת גִּלְעָ֖ד לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה אִם־נֶחְדָּֽל וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ עֲלֵ֣ה וְהַצְלַ֔ח וְנָתַ֥ן יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ׃

   va-ya-BO el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh e-LA-yv mi-kha-YE-hu ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-nekh-DAL va-yo-MER e-LA-yv a-LE ve-ha-ts-LAKH ve-na-TAN ye-ho-VAH be-YAD ha-ME-lekh

   and he came to the king and he said the king to him Micaiah shall we go to Ramoth Gilead for the battle or shall we refrain and he said to him go up and succeed and will give the LORD into the hand of the king

Exegesis

The final clause wə-nātān YHWH {וְנָתַן יְהוָה | wə-nātān YHWH} ‘and the LORD will give’, followed by bə-yād-hammelekh {בְּיַד־הַמֶּלֶךְ | bə-yād-hammeleḵ} ‘into the hand of the king’, employs the idiom for divine deliverance. This sequence of vav-consecutive forms and imperatives underscores YHWH’s sovereign initiative.