Deuteronomy 17:7:6Deut.17.7.W6TAB
וְיַ֥ד
veyad
“and the hand”
- Transliteration
- ve-YAD
- Extended
- veh-YAHd
- IPA
- /vəˈjad/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the hand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-YAD
- phraseyour reading level
ve-YAD kol-ha-AM
- 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 parallel wə-yāḏ kol-hā-ʿām bāʾăḥărōnāh {וְיַד כָּל־הָעָם בָּאַחֲרֹנָה | wə-yāḏ kol-hā-ʿām bāʾăḥărōnāh} “and the hand of all the people afterward” contrasts individual with communal action.
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 17:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 17:7, so the Hebrew word וְיַ֥ד (veyad) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.7.W6.S1) and character.