יַ֖ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יַ֖ד

   YAD

   {the} hand of
2. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֗י כִּֽי־חָטְא֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם הַמַּעֲלֶ֤ה אֹתָם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם מִתַּ֕חַת יַ֖ד פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָ֑יִם

   va-ye-HI ki-kha-TE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-hem ham-ma-a-LE o-TAM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM mit-ta-KHAT YAD par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM

   and it came to pass that they sinned the sons of Israel against the LORD their God the one bringing up them from {the} land of Egypt from under {the} hand of Pharaoh {the} king of Egypt
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֗י כִּֽי־חָטְא֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם הַמַּעֲלֶ֤ה אֹתָם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם מִתַּ֕חַת יַ֖ד פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָ֑יִם וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים׃

   va-ye-HI ki-kha-TE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-hem ham-ma-a-LE o-TAM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM mit-ta-KHAT YAD par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM va-yir-E-u e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM

   and it came to pass that they sinned the sons of Israel against the LORD their God the one bringing up them from {the} land of Egypt from under {the} hand of Pharaoh {the} king of Egypt and they feared gods other {ones}

Exegesis

The rescue is detailed by a chain of prepositional phrases: meeretz mitsrayim {מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם | mēʾereṣ miṣrayim} ‘from the land of Egypt’ and mitachat yad paro melech-mitsrayim {מִתַּ֕חַת יַ֖ד פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָ֑יִם | mittaḥat yad parʿōh meleḵ-miṣrayim} ‘from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt’, where “hand” is an idiom for oppressive control.