Exodus 21:24:9Exod.21.24.W9TAB

יָ֔ד

yad

hand

Transliteration
YAD
Extended
YAAD
IPA
/ˈjaːd/

Meaning by language

English
hand

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    YAD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    YAD TA-khat YAD

  3. clause

    YAD TA-khat YAD RE-gel TA-khat RA-gel

  4. sentence

    A-yin TA-khat A-yin SHEN TA-khat SHEN YAD TA-khat YAD RE-gel TA-khat RA-gel

Exegesis

The prepositional marker tahat {תַּחַת | tă-ḥat} ‘under/in place of’ establishes exact substitution within each of the four noun phrases: ayin {עַיִן | ʿă-yīn} ‘eye’, shen {שֵׁן | šēn} ‘tooth’, yad {יָד | yāḏ} ‘hand’, and regel {רֶגֶל | re-gel} ‘foot’.

Root and etymology

Rootyod–daleth

hand, power

In contextExodus 21:24

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.

About this coordinate

Exodus 21:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 21:24, 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.21.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.24.W9.S1) and character.