Exodus 16:3:7Exod.16.3.W7TAB

בְיַד־יְהוָה֙

veyadyehovah

by the hand of the LORD

Transliteration
ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH
Extended
veh-yahd-yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/və.jad.jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
by the hand of the LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְ + יַד + יְ + ה + וָה֙
ve + yad + ye + ho + vah
veyadyehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va

  4. sentence

    va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV

Exegesis

The phrase beyad YHWH {בְיַד־יְהוָה | bə-yad Yə-hō-wāh} underscores divine agency.

Root and etymology

h-y-hHeh–Yod–Heh

to be, to exist

In contextExodus 16:3

And the sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pot of meat and ate bread until we were full. But you have brought us out into this wilderness to make this entire assembly die in famine.”

About this coordinate

Exodus 16:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 16:3, so the Hebrew word בְיַד־יְהוָה֙ (veyadyehovah) 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.16.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.3.W7.S1) and character.