2 Samuel 14:30:62 Sam.14.30.W6TAB
אֶל־יָדִי֙
elyadi
“beside me”
- Transliteration
- el-ya-DI
- Extended
- ehl-yah-DEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jaːˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- beside me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
el-ya-DI
- phraseyour reading level
re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI
- clause
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH
- sentence
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH va-yats-tsi-TU av-DE av-sha-LOM et-ha-khel-KA ba-ESH
Exegesis
A genitival construct chelkat Yoav {חֶלְקַת יוֹאָב | ḥel-qāṯ Yōʾāw} ‘Joab’s field’ with the adjunct el-yadi {אֶל־יָדִי | ʾel-yā-ḏî} ‘next to my hand’ conveys proximity.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:30
And he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 14:30, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יָדִי֙ (elyadi) 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 Sam.14.30.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.30.W6.S1) and character.