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
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
ya-DO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHEV ya-DO
- clause
va-ya-SHEV ya-DO el-PIV ve-te-RE-na va-ta-OR-na e-NAIV
- 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 context — 1 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.