Ezekiel 13:21:8Ezek.13.21.W8TAB
בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ן
beyedkhen
“in your hand”
- Transliteration
- be-YED-khen
- Extended
- beh-YEHD-khehn
- IPA
- /bəˈjɛd.xɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your hand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-YED-khen
- clause
ve-ka-RAT-ti et-mis-pe-KHO-te-khem ve-hi-TSAL-ti et-a-MI mi-YED-khen ve-LO-YI-he-YU OD be-YED-khen lim-tsu-DA
- sentence
ve-ka-RAT-ti et-mis-pe-KHO-te-khem ve-hi-TSAL-ti et-a-MI mi-YED-khen ve-LO-YI-he-YU OD be-YED-khen lim-tsu-DA vi-DA-tehn ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The paired prepositional phrases miyedkhen {מִיֶּדְכֶ֔ן | mi-yed-ḵen} “from your hand” and beyedkhen {בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ן | bə-yad-ḵen} “in your hand” frame oppression versus deliverance.
Root and etymology
Rooty-d
“hand, power”
In context — Ezekiel 13:21
And I will tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hand, and they will no longer be in your hand as prey, and you will know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 13:21, so the Hebrew word בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ן (beyedkhen) 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 Ezek.13.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.21.W8.S1) and character.