Deuteronomy 13:17:2Deut.13.17.W2TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:18
בְּיָדְךָ֙
beyadkha
“in your hand”
- Transliteration
- be-yad-KHA
- Extended
- beh-yahd-KHAH
- IPA
- /bəjadˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your hand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-yad-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-yid-BAK be-yad-KHA
- clause
ve-LO-yid-BAK be-yad-KHA me-u-MAH min-ha-KHE-rem le-MA-an ya-SHUV Ye-ho-VAH me-kha-RON a-PO ve-na-TAN le-KHA ra-kha-MIM ve-ri-KHAM-kha
- sentence
ve-LO-yid-BAK be-yad-KHA me-u-MAH min-ha-KHE-rem le-MA-an ya-SHUV Ye-ho-VAH me-kha-RON a-PO ve-na-TAN le-KHA ra-kha-MIM ve-ri-KHAM-kha ve-hir-BEKH-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha
Exegesis
The locus phrase be-yadkha {בְּיָדְךָ | bə-yā-d-kha} ‘in your hand’ takes meummah {מְאוּמָה | mə-ʾū-mā} ‘anything’ as its object, constrained by the ban min + hache-rem {מִן־הַחֵרֶם | mē-ḥă-rôn} ‘from the devoted thing.’
Root and etymology
y-dyod-dalet
“hand, power”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:17
And nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, so that the LORD may turn from the burning of His anger and show you mercy and have compassion on you, and increase you, as He swore to your fathers.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 13:17, so the Hebrew word בְּיָדְךָ֙ (beyadkha) 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 Deut.13.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.17.W2.S1) and character.