Deuteronomy 13:9:4Deut.13.9.W4TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:10
יָ֣דְךָ֔
yadkha
“your hand”
- Transliteration
- yad-KHA
- Extended
- yahd-KHAH
- IPA
- /jaːdˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your hand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
yad-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ta-ha-re-GEN-nu yad-KHA
- sentence
KI ha-ROG ta-ha-re-GEN-nu yad-KHA ti-he-YEH-BO va-ri-sho-NA la-ha-mi-TO ve-YAD-KOL-ha-AM va-a-kha-ro-NA
Exegesis
The construction yādeḵā tīhyēh bō bārīšōnāh {יָדְךָ תִּהְיֶה־בוֹ בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה | yā-də-ḵā tī-hyēh-bō bā-rī-ʾ-šō-nāh} ‘your hand shall be first against him’ introduces the judicial initiation by the individual accuser.
Root and etymology
y-dyod-dalet
“hand, power”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:9
You must kill him; your hand shall be first to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people shall follow.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 13:9, so the Hebrew word יָ֣דְךָ֔ (yadkha) 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.13.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.9.W4.S1) and character.