1 Samuel 17:37:121 Sam.17.37.W12TAB
מִיַּ֥ד
miyad
“from the hand of”
- Transliteration
- mi-YAD
- Extended
- mih-YAHD
- IPA
- /mijˈjad/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the hand of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-YAD
- phraseyour reading level
mi-YAD ha-pe-lish-TI
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-tsi-LA-ni mi-YAD ha-a-RI u-mi-YAD ha-DOV HU ya-tsi-LE-ni mi-YAD ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-tsi-LA-ni mi-YAD ha-a-RI u-mi-YAD ha-DOV HU ya-tsi-LE-ni mi-YAD ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LEKH va-ye-ho-VAH yih-ye im-MAKH
Exegesis
The paired prepositional phrase miyyad…umiyyad {מִיַּד…וּמִיַּד | miyyād…umiyyād} ‘from the hand of…’ uses merismus to parallel the lion and the bear rescues.
Root and etymology
y-d
“hand, power”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:37
David said, “The LORD who delivered me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the LORD be with you .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:37:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 17:37, so the Hebrew word מִיַּ֥ד (miyad) 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.17.37.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.37.W12.S1) and character.