Jeremiah 18:4:7Jer.18.4.W7TAB
בְּיַ֣ד
beyad
“in the hand of”
- Transliteration
- be-YAD
- Extended
- beh-YAHD
- IPA
- /bəˈjad/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the hand of
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
be-YAD
- phraseyour reading level
be-YAD ha-yo-TSER
- clause
ve-nish-KHAT ha-ke-LI a-SHER HU O-se ba-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER
- sentence
ve-nish-KHAT ha-ke-LI a-SHER HU O-se ba-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER ve-SHAV va-ya-a-SE-HU ke-LI a-KHER ka-a-SHER ya-SHAR be-E-ne ha-yo-TSER la-a-SOT
Exegesis
Prepositional phrases ba-khomer {בַּחֹמֶר | ba-ḥō-mer} ‘with the clay’ and bə-yad ha-yotser {בְּיַד הַיּוֹצֵר | bə-yad hay-yō-ṣēr} ‘in the hand of the potter’ assign material and agency.
In context — Jeremiah 18:4
And the vessel he was making from the clay in the hand of the potter was ruined, so he reworked it and made it into another vessel as seemed right in the eyes of the potter to make.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 18:4, so the Hebrew word בְּיַ֣ד (beyad) 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 Jer.18.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.4.W7.S1) and character.