Jeremiah 21:5:4Jer.21.5.W4TAB

בְּיָ֥ד

beyad

with a hand

Transliteration
be-YAD
Extended
beh-YAAD
IPA
/bəˈjaːd/

Meaning by language

English
with a hand

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Result
בְּ + יָ֥ד
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
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-YAD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-YAD ne-tu-YA

  3. clause

    ve-nil-kham-TI a-NI it-te-KHEM be-YAD ne-tu-YA u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA

  4. sentence

    ve-nil-kham-TI a-NI it-te-KHEM be-YAD ne-tu-YA u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA u-ve-AF u-ve-khe-MA u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL

Exegesis

The sequential prepositional expressions be-yad netuyah {בְּיָד נְטוּיָה | bə-yāḏ nə-ṭû-yāh} ‘with an outstretched hand’ and u-bizroa hazakah {וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ חֲזָקָה | û-ḇiz-rō-aʿ ḥă-zā-qāh} ‘and with a strong arm’ employ martial imagery.

Root and etymology

י־ד

hand, power

In contextJeremiah 21:5

I will myself wage war against you with an outstretched hand and a powerful arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 21:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 21:5, so the Hebrew word בְּיָ֥ד (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.21.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.5.W4.S1) and character.