בְּיַ֥ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּיַ֥ד

   be-YAD

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

   be-YAD yis-ra-EL

   into the hand of Israel
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יוֹנָתָ֜ן אֶל־נֹשֵׂ֤א כֵלָיו֙ עֲלֵ֣ה אַחֲרַ֔י כִּֽי־נְתָנָ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַ֥ד יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN el-no-SE ke-LAV a-LE a-kha-RAI ki-ne-ta-NAM ye-ho-VAH be-YAD yis-ra-EL

   and he said Jonathan to the bearer of his equipment go up after me for he has given them the LORD into the hand of Israel
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּעֲנוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הַמַּצָּבָ֜ה אֶת־יוֹנָתָ֣ן וְאֶת־נֹשֵׂ֣א כֵלָ֗יו וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ עֲל֣וּ אֵלֵ֔ינוּ וְנוֹדִ֥יעָה אֶתְכֶ֖ם דָּבָ֑ר וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יוֹנָתָ֜ן אֶל־נֹשֵׂ֤א כֵלָיו֙ עֲלֵ֣ה אַחֲרַ֔י כִּֽי־נְתָנָ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה בְּיַ֥ד יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-ya-a-NU an-she ham-mats-tsa-VA et-yo-na-TAN ve-et-no-SE ke-LAV va-yo-me-RU a-LU e-LE-nu ve-no-di-A et-khem da-VAR va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN el-no-SE ke-LAV a-LE a-kha-RAI ki-ne-ta-NAM ye-ho-VAH be-YAD yis-ra-EL

   and they answered men of the garrison {direct object} Jonathan and {direct object} bearer of his equipment and they said go up to us and we will make known to you {plural} a word or a matter and he said Jonathan to the bearer of his equipment go up after me for he has given them the LORD into the hand of Israel

Exegesis

The compound prepositional phrase beyad Yisrael {בְּיַ֥ד יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | bə-yad yiś·rā·ʾēl} ‘into the hand of Israel’ conveys transfer of possession and underscores Israel’s decisive victory. The English rendering preserves the conjunctive flow, imperative immediacy, and causal relationships inherent in the Hebrew syntax.

Root and etymology

y-d🔊 י־דyod–dalet

“power, hand”

• 🔊 יַד־מוֹדֶהyāde-modehhand of confessionDeuteronomy 32:30