Deuteronomy 17:7:1Deut.17.7.W1TAB
יַ֣ד
yad
“the hand”
- Transliteration
- YAD
- Extended
- YAHd
- IPA
- /jad/
Meaning by language
- English
- the hand
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
YAD
- phraseyour reading level
YAD ha-e-DIM
- clause
YAD ha-e-DIM ti-he-ye-BO ba-ri-sho-NAH la-ha-mi-TO ve-YAD kol-ha-AM ba-a-ha-ro-NAH
- sentence
YAD ha-e-DIM ti-he-ye-BO ba-ri-sho-NAH la-ha-mi-TO ve-YAD kol-ha-AM ba-a-ha-ro-NAH u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-kir-be-KHA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the noun phrase yad ha’edim {יָד הָעֵדִים | yāḏ hāʾēdîm} “hand of the witnesses,” establishing the judicial actors.
Root and etymology
y-dyod–dalet
“hand, power”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:7
The hand of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people; so you shall purge the evil from your midst .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 17:7, so the Hebrew word יַ֣ד (yad) 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.17.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.7.W1.S1) and character.