Genesis 14:20:6Gen.14.20.W6TAB
בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ
beyadekha
“into your hand”
- Transliteration
- be-ya-DE-kha
- Extended
- beh-yah-DEH-khah
- IPA
- /bə.jaː.ˈðɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- into 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
be-ya-DE-kha
- clause
u-va-RUKH EL el-YON a-sher-mi-GEN tsa-RE-kha be-ya-DE-kha
- sentence
u-va-RUKH EL el-YON a-sher-mi-GEN tsa-RE-kha be-ya-DE-kha va-yit-ten-LO ma-a-SER mi-KOL
Exegesis
The object tsareikha {צָרֶ֖יךָ | ṣā-rê-ḵā} “your enemies” plus the idiomatic phrase beyadekha {בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ | bə-yā-ḏe-ḵā} “into your hand” indicates transfer of power.
In context — Genesis 14:20
Blessed be God Most High , who has handed your foes over into your hand ; and Abram gave him a tithe of everything.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 14:20, so the Hebrew word בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ (beyadekha) 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 Gen.14.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.20.W6.S1) and character.