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

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Result
בְּ + יַ֣ד
be + yad
beyad

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-YAD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-YAD ha-yo-TSER

  3. clause

    ve-nish-KHAT ha-ke-LI a-SHER HU O-se ba-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER

  4. 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 contextJeremiah 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.