וִידֵ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וִידֵ֤י

   vi-DE

   and the hands of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וִידֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙

   vi-DE mo-SHE

   and the hands of Moses
3. clause🔊 וִידֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ כְּבֵדִ֔ים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶ֛בֶן וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ תַחְתָּ֖יו וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב עָלֶ֑יהָ

   vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha

   and the hands of Moses were heavy {And} they took a stone {And} they put under him {And} he sat on it
4. sentence🔊 וִידֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ כְּבֵדִ֔ים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶ֛בֶן וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ תַחְתָּ֖יו וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב עָלֶ֑יהָ וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן וְח֜וּר תָּֽמְכ֣וּ בְיָדָ֗יו מִזֶּ֤ה אֶחָד֙ וּמִזֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד וַיְהִ֥י יָדָ֛יו אֱמוּנָ֖ה עַד־בֹּ֥א הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

   vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha ve-a-ha-RON ve-KHUR ta-me-KHOO ve-ya-DAV mi-ZEH e-KHAD oo-mi-ZEH e-KHAD va-ye-HI ya-DAV e-moo-NA ad-BO ha-SHA-mesh

   and the hands of Moses were heavy {And} they took a stone {And} they put under him {And} he sat on it and Aaron and Hur held up his hands on this side one and on the other side one {And} were his hands steady until the setting of the sun

Exegesis

The verse begins by fronting videi {וִידֵי | wî-ḏê} ‘hands-of’ in construct with Moshe {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šeh}, establishing the affected body part as the topic.

Root and etymology

y-d🔊 י־דyod–dalet

“hand power”

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