Exodus 18:10:8Exod.18.10.W8TAB
מִיַּ֥ד
miyyad
“from the hand of the”
- Transliteration
- miy-YAD
- Extended
- mih-YAAD
- IPA
- /mij.ˈjað/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the hand of the
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
miy-YAD
- phraseyour reading level
miy-YAD mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer yit-RO ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-TSIL et-KHEM miy-YAD mits-RA-yim oo-miy-YAD par-O
- sentence
va-YO-mer yit-RO ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-TSIL et-KHEM miy-YAD mits-RA-yim oo-miy-YAD par-O a-SHER hi-TSIL et-ha-AM mit-TA-khat yahd-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
Two parallel prepositional phrases, miyad mitsrayim {מִיַּ֥ד מִצְרַ֖יִם | miy-yad miṣrāyim} ‘from the hand of Egypt’ and umiyad paroh {וּמִיַּ֣ד פַּרְעֹ֑ה | ū-miy-yad par-ʿōh} ‘and from the hand of Pharaoh,’ present balanced oppression motifs.
Root and etymology
י־ד־ד
“hand, strength”
In context — Exodus 18:10
And Jethro said, “Blessed be the LORD , who has rescued you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 18:10, so the Hebrew word מִיַּ֥ד (miyyad) 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.18.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.10.W8.S1) and character.