Exodus 13:16:3Exod.13.16.W3TAB

עַל־יָ֣דְכָ֔ה

alyadkha

“on your hand”

Transliteration: al-yad-KHA
Extended: ahl-yahd-KHAA
IPA: /ʕal.jað.ˈxaː/

Meaning by language

English: on your hand

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

עַל + יָ֣דְ + כָ֔ה

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al + yad + kha

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alyadkha

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
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
al-yad-KHA
clause
ve-ha-YA le-OT al-yad-KHA u-le-to-ta-FOT BEIN ei-NE-kha
sentence
ve-ha-YA le-OT al-yad-KHA u-le-to-ta-FOT BEIN ei-NE-kha KI be-KHO-zek YAD ho-tsi-A-nu Ye-ho-VAH mi-mits-RA-yim

Exegesis

The noun le-ot {לְאוֹת֙ | lə-ʾôt} ‘for a sign’ is specified by al yadkha {עַל־יָ֣דְכָ֔ה | ʿal yāḏ-khā} ‘upon your hand,’ marking the hand as a covenant emblem.

In context — Exodus 13:16

And it shall be for a sign upon your hand and for frontlets between your eyes, because by a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt .

About this coordinate

Exodus 13:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 13:16, so the Hebrew word עַל־יָ֣דְכָ֔ה (alyadkha) 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 Exod.13.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.16.W3.S1) and character.

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