2 Kings 18:33:72 Kgs.18.33.W7TAB
מִיַּ֖ד
miyad
“from the hand of”
- Transliteration
- mi-YAD
- Extended
- mih-YAHD
- IPA
- /miˈjad/
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
- clause
mi-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
ha-hats-TSEL hi-tsi-LU e-lo-HE ha-go-YIM ISH et-AR-tso mi-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The phrase miyad melech Ashur {מִיַּד מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר | mi-yaḏ me-leḵ ʾaš-šūr} specifies Assyria as the oppressor. English preserves Hebrew word order to maintain the rhetorical taunt.
Root and etymology
mem–yod–memMem–Yod–Mem
“water(s)”
In context — 2 Kings 18:33
Did the gods of the nations deliver each one his land from the hand of the king of Assyria ?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 18:33, so the Hebrew word מִיַּ֖ד (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 2 Kgs.18.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.33.W7.S1) and character.