בְּיָד֑וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּיָד֑וֹ

   be-ya-DO

   in his hand
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֵ֣ין בְּיָד֑וֹ

   EN be-ya-DO

   there was not in his hand
3. clause🔊 וַתִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה וַֽיְשַׁסְּעֵ֙הוּ֙ כְּשַׁסַּ֣ע הַגְּדִ֔י וּמְא֖וּמָה אֵ֣ין בְּיָד֑וֹ

   va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shas-se-E-HU ke-SHAS-sa hag-de-I u-me-U-ma EN be-ya-DO

   and rushed upon him spirit LORD and he tore it apart as one tears the young goat and anything there was not in his hand
4. sentence🔊 וַתִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה וַֽיְשַׁסְּעֵ֙הוּ֙ כְּשַׁסַּ֣ע הַגְּדִ֔י וּמְא֖וּמָה אֵ֣ין בְּיָד֑וֹ וְלֹ֤א הִגִּיד֙ לְאָבִ֣יו וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָֽׂה׃

   va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shas-se-E-HU ke-SHAS-sa hag-de-I u-me-U-ma EN be-ya-DO ve-LO hi-GID le-a-VIV u-le-i-MO ET a-SHER a-SA

   and rushed upon him spirit LORD and he tore it apart as one tears the young goat and anything there was not in his hand and not he told to his father and to his mother that which he had done

Exegesis

The phrase umeumah ein beyado {וּמְא֖וּמָה אֵ֣ן בְּיָד֑וֹ | ū-mə-ʾū-mā ʾên bə-yā-dō} emphasizes the absence of any means.

Root and etymology

y-d🔊 yod–dalet

“hand, strength”