Ezekiel 20:15:3Ezek.20.15.W3TAB
יָדִ֛י
yadi
“my hand”
- Transliteration
- YA-di
- Extended
- YAA-dih
- IPA
- /jaːˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my hand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
YA-di
- phraseyour reading level
na-SA-ti YA-di
- clause
ve-GAM-a-NI na-SA-ti YA-di la-HEM ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
ve-GAM-a-NI na-SA-ti YA-di la-HEM ba-mid-BAR le-vil-TI ha-VI o-TAM el-ha-A-rets a-sher-na-TI za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
The phrase yadi lahem {יָדִי לָהֶם | yā-ḏî lā-hem} ‘my hand to them’ expresses the oath gesture in midbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | bam-miḏ-ˈbār} ‘the wilderness’.
Root and etymology
y-dYod–Dalet
“hand”
In context — Ezekiel 20:15
And also I lifted My hand to them in the wilderness so that I would not bring them into the land that I gave, a land flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 20:15, so the Hebrew word יָדִ֛י (yadi) 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.20.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.15.W3.S1) and character.