2 Chronicles 23:15:32 Chr.23.15.W3TAB
יָדַ֔יִם
yadayim
“hands”
- Transliteration
- ya-DA-yim
- Extended
- yaa-DAH-yim
- IPA
- /jaːˈdajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- hands
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-DA-yim
- clause
va-ya-SI-mu LA ya-DA-yim va-ta-VO el-me-VO sha-ar-ha-su-SIM BET ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-SI-mu LA ya-DA-yim va-ta-VO el-me-VO sha-ar-ha-su-SIM BET ha-ME-lekh va-ye-MI-tu-ha SHAM
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayasimu {וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ | way-yā-śî-mû} ‘and they placed’, which together with lah yadayim {לָהּ יָדַיִם | lāh yāḏayim} functions idiomatically as a seizure expression.
Root and etymology
y-d
“hand, power”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:15
So they placed their hands upon her, and she went to the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king’s house ; and they put her to death there.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 23:15, so the Hebrew word יָדַ֔יִם (yadayim) 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 2 Chr.23.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.15.W3.S1) and character.