וְיָד֥וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְיָד֥וֹ

   ve-ya-DO

   and his hand
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְיָד֥וֹ הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה

   ve-ya-DO han-ne-tu-YA

   and his hand the stretched out
3. clause🔊 וְיָד֥וֹ הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה וּֽמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃

   ve-ya-DO han-ne-tu-YA u-MI ye-shi-VE-na

   and his hand the stretched out and who will turn it back
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת יָעָ֖ץ וּמִ֣י יָפֵ֑ר וְיָד֥וֹ הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה וּֽמִ֥י יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃

   ki-Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ya-ATS u-MI ya-FER ve-ya-DO han-ne-tu-YA u-MI ye-shi-VE-na

   for the LORD of hosts has purposed and who will annul and his hand the stretched out and who will turn it back

Exegesis

The phrase veyado hanetuyah {וְיָד֥וֹ הַנְּטוּיָ֖ה | wə-yā-dō han-nĕ-tū-yāh} uses yad {יָד | yād} as a metaphor for divine power, with the passive participle conveying an ongoing extension. The English rendering preserves the causal link, rhetorical structure, and martial imagery of divine omnipotence.

Root and etymology

y-d🔊 י־דyod–dalet

“hand, power”

• 🔊 יָדָהyā-dāhto confessPsalm 32:5