1 Samuel 23:16:81 Sam.23.16.W8TAB
אֶת־יָד֖וֹ
etyado
“the hand of him or his hand”
- Transliteration
- et-ya-DO
- Extended
- eht-yah-DOH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.jaːˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the hand of him or his hand
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ya-DO
- phraseyour reading level
KHOR-she va-ya-kha-ZEK et-ya-DO
- sentence
va-ya-KAM ye-ho-NA-tan BEN-sha-UL va-ye-LEKH el-da-VID KHOR-she va-ya-kha-ZEK et-ya-DO be-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The idiom wayyaḥazzēq ʾet-yādô {וַיְחַזֵּק אֶת־יָדוֹ | wayyaḥazzēq ʾet-yādô} ‘and he strengthened his hand’ employs the object marker ʾet to present yādô {יָדוֹ | yādô} ‘his hand’ metaphorically for resolve.
Root and etymology
yod–dalety–d
“hand, power”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:16
Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and he strengthened his hand in God .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 23:16, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יָד֖וֹ (etyado) 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.23.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.16.W8.S1) and character.