Judges 18:10:7Judg.18.10.W7TAB
יָדַ֔יִם
yadayim
“hands”
- Transliteration
- ya-DA-yim
- Extended
- yaa-DAH-yihm
- IPA
- /jaːðaˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- hands
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ya-DA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
ra-kha-VAT ya-DA-yim
- clause
ke-vo-a-KHEM ta-VO-u el-AM bo-TE-akh ve-ha-A-rets ra-kha-VAT ya-DA-yim ki-ne-ta-NAH e-lo-HIM be-yed-KHEM
- sentence
ke-vo-a-KHEM ta-VO-u el-AM bo-TE-akh ve-ha-A-rets ra-kha-VAT ya-DA-yim ki-ne-ta-NAH e-lo-HIM be-yed-KHEM ma-KOM a-SHER EN-SHAM ma-khe-SOR kol-da-VAR a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The construct chain wə-hā-ʾā-reṣ raḥăḇat yāḏayim {וְהָאָרֶץ רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם | wə-hā-ʾā-reṣ ra-ḥă-ḇat yā-ḏā-yim} ‘and the land of broadness of hands’ conveys idiomatic imagery of spacious territory.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–dalet
“hand, power”
In context — Judges 18:10
When you enter, you will come upon a trusting people and a land is wide , for God has put it into your hands—a place where nothing of all that is in the land is lacking.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 18:10, so the Hebrew word יָדַ֔יִם (yadayim) 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.18.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.10.W7.S1) and character.