1 Samuel 14:43:151 Sam.14.43.W15TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֛י
asherbeyadi
“which was in my hand”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-be-ya-DI
- Extended
- ah-shehr-beh-yah-DEE
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.bəjaːˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which was in my hand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-be-ya-DI
- phraseyour reading level
bik-TSE ha-ma-TE a-sher-be-ya-DI
- clause
va-ya-GED-lo yo-na-TAN va-yo-MER ta-OM ta-AM-te bik-TSE ha-ma-TE a-sher-be-ya-DI me-AT de-VASH hin-NE a-MUT
- sentence
va-yo-MER sha-UL el-yo-na-TAN ha-gi-DA LI ME a-si-TA va-ya-GED-lo yo-na-TAN va-yo-MER ta-OM ta-AM-te bik-TSE ha-ma-TE a-sher-be-ya-DI me-AT de-VASH hin-NE a-MUT
Exegesis
The locative phrase biktse hammateh {בִּקְצֵה הַמַּטֶּה | bi·kṣēh ham·mā·ṭṭeh} ‘at the end of the staff’ specifies the action’s site, and the relative clause asher-beyadi {אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִי | ʼă·šer-bə·yā·dî} ‘that was in my hand’ adds agency.
Root and etymology
y-dyod–dalet
“power, hand”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:43
And Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am—I must die .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:43:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 14:43, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֛י (asherbeyadi) 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.14.43.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.43.W15.S1) and character.