אֶת־יָדִי֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־יָדִי֙

   et-ya-DI

   {direct object} my hand
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְנָטִ֤יתִי אֶת־יָדִי֙

   ve-na-TI-ti et-ya-DI

   and I will stretch out {direct object} my hand
3. clause🔊 וְנָטִ֤יתִי אֶת־יָדִי֙ עָלָ֔יו וְהִ֨שְׁמַדְתִּ֔יו מִתּ֖וֹךְ עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-na-TI-ti et-ya-DI a-LAV ve-hish-mad-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI yis-ra-EL

   and I will stretch out {direct object} my hand against him and I will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel
4. sentence🔊 וְהַנָּבִ֤יא כִֽי־יְפֻתֶּה֙ וְדִבֶּ֣ר דָּבָ֔ר אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ פִּתֵּ֔יתִי אֵ֖ת הַנָּבִ֣יא הַה֑וּא וְנָטִ֤יתִי אֶת־יָדִי֙ עָלָ֔יו וְהִ֨שְׁמַדְתִּ֔יו מִתּ֖וֹךְ עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-ha-na-VI ki-ye-fu-TE ve-dib-BER da-VAR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH pi-TEI-ti ET ha-na-VI ha-HU ve-na-TI-ti et-ya-DI a-LAV ve-hish-mad-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI yis-ra-EL

   and the prophet that he is enticed and he spoke a word I the LORD I enticed the prophet that {one} and I will stretch out {direct object} my hand against him and I will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel

Exegesis

Each et {אֵת | ʾēṯ} precisely identifies the object, first “that prophet” and later “my hand.”

The phrase venatiti et yadi alav {וְנָטִיתִי יָדִי עָלָיו | wə-nā-ṭî-ṯî yā-ḏî ʿā-lāw} ‘I have stretched out my hand upon him’ employs an idiom of divine action in judgment.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 י־דyod–dalet

“hand, power”

• 🔊 יָדֵנוּyadenuour handPsalm 137:5