2 Samuel 15:18:32 Sam.15.18.W3TAB
עַל־יָד֔וֹ
alyado
“by his side”
- Transliteration
- al-ya-DO
- Extended
- ahl-yah-DOH
- IPA
- /ʕal.jaːˈðoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by his side
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ya-DO
- phraseyour reading level
o-ve-RIM al-ya-DO
- clause
ve-KHOL-a-va-DAIV o-ve-RIM al-ya-DO ve-KHOL-ha-kre-TI ve-KHOL-ha-ple-TI
- sentence
ve-KHOL-a-va-DAIV o-ve-RIM al-ya-DO ve-KHOL-ha-kre-TI ve-KHOL-ha-ple-TI ve-KHOL-ha-git-TIM SHESH-me-OT ISH a-sher-ba-U ve-rag-LO mig-GAT o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-yado {עַל־יָדוֹ | ʿal-yā-ḏô} specifies proximity to David.
Root and etymology
y-dyod–dalet
“hand, power”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:18
And all his servants were passing by his side, and all the Kerethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came on foot from Gath, were passing before the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word עַל־יָד֔וֹ (alyado) 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.15.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.18.W3.S1) and character.