1 Samuel 14:27:161 Sam.14.27.W16TAB

יָדוֹ֙

yado

his hand

Transliteration
ya-DO
Extended
yaa-DOH
IPA
/jaːˈd̪oː/

Meaning by language

English
his hand

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יָ + דוֹ֙
ya + do
yado

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-DO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-SHEV ya-DO

  3. clause

    va-ya-SHEV ya-DO el-PIV ve-te-RE-na va-ta-OR-na e-NAIV

  4. sentence

    ve-yo-na-TAN LO-sha-MA be-hash-be-A a-VIV et-ha-AM va-yish-LAKH et-kse ha-ma-TE a-SHER be-ya-DO va-yit-BOL o-TA be-ya-RAT ha-de-VASH va-ya-SHEV ya-DO el-PIV ve-te-RE-na va-ta-OR-na e-NAIV

Exegesis

After dipping, the vav-consecutive vayashev {וַיָּשֶׁב | va-yā-šev} ‘he put’ with yado {יָדוֹ | yā-ḏô} ‘his hand’ and el-pivo {אֶל־פִּיו | ’el pî-vô} ‘to his mouth’ conveys the tasting action, and the subsequent vataorena {וַתָּאֹ֖רְנָה | va-tā-’or-ne-nā} ‘they became bright’ with the feminine plural subject einav {עֵינָֽיו | ’ê-nā-vi} ‘his eyes’ depicts the resulting illumination.

Root and etymology

y-dyod–dalet

power, hand

In context1 Samuel 14:27

Now Jonathan did not hear when his father caused the people to swear , so he stretched out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb , and he put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:27:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 14:27, so the Hebrew word יָדוֹ֙ (yado) 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 Sam.14.27.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.27.W16.S1) and character.