Exodus 13:16:9Exod.13.16.W9TAB
יָ֔ד
yad
“hand”
- Transliteration
- YAD
- Extended
- YAAD
- IPA
- /ˈjaːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- hand
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
YAD
- phraseyour reading level
be-KHO-zek YAD
- clause
KI be-KHO-zek YAD ho-tsi-A-nu Ye-ho-VAH mi-mits-RA-yim
- 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 idiom bə-chozeq yad {בְּחֹ֣זֶק יָ֔ד | bə-ḥō-zēq yāḏ} ‘by a mighty hand’ highlights divine power, leading into the Hiphil perfect hotsi’anu YHWH {הוֹצִיאָ֥נוּ יְהוָ֖ה | hō-ṣî-ʾā-nû Yəhôwāh} ‘the LORD brought us out.’
Root and etymology
נ־ג־ד
“to declare”
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 13:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 13:16, so the Hebrew word יָ֔ד (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 Exod.13.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.16.W9.S1) and character.