Judges 17:12:3Judg.17.12.W3TAB

אֶת־יַ֣ד

etyad

{the} hand of

Transliteration
et-YAD
Extended
eht-YAHD
IPA
/ʔɛt.ˈjad/

Meaning by language

English
{the} hand of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶת + יַ֣ד
et + yad
etyad

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
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

    et-YAD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-YAD ha-le-VI

  3. clause

    va-ye-mal-LE mi-KHA et-YAD ha-le-VI va-ye-HI-LO ha-na-AR le-kho-HEN

  4. sentence

    va-ye-mal-LE mi-KHA et-YAD ha-le-VI va-ye-HI-LO ha-na-AR le-kho-HEN va-ye-HI be-VET mi-KHA

Exegesis

The idiomatic phrase et-yad haLevi {אֶת־יַד הַלֵּוִ֔י | ʾet-yād ha-lēwî} uses the direct object marker and the “hand of the Levite” construct to denote ritual designation.

In contextJudges 17:12

And Micah installed the Levite , and the young man became his priest, and he was in the house of Micah.

About this coordinate

Judges 17:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 17:12, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יַ֣ד (etyad) 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 Judg.17.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.12.W3.S1) and character.