Genesis 39:13:5Gen.39.13.W5TAB
בְּיָדָ֑הּ
beyadah
“in her hand”
- Transliteration
- be-ya-DAH
- Extended
- beh-yah-DAAH
- IPA
- /bə.jaːˈðaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- in her 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-ya-DAH
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-re-o-TAH ki-a-ZAV big-DO be-ya-DAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-re-o-TAH ki-a-ZAV big-DO be-ya-DAH va-ya-NAS ha-khu-TSA
Exegesis
The prefixed infinitive construct kir’otah {כִּרְאוֹתָ֔הּ | kir-ʾô-tāh} ‘when she saw’ establishes a temporal clause, and the conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} ‘that’ introduces the content clause azav bigdo beyadah {עָזַב בִּגְד֖וֹ בְּיָדָ֑הּ | ʿā-zav big-dô bə-yā-dāh}, highlighting how Joseph’s garment came into her hand.
Root and etymology
y-dyod–dalet
“hand; authority”
In context — Genesis 39:13
And it happened when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled to the outside .
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 39:13, so the Hebrew word בְּיָדָ֑הּ (beyadah) 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.39.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.13.W5.S1) and character.