Leviticus 25:28:9Lev.25.28.W9TAB
בְּיַד֙
behyad
“in the hand of”
- Transliteration
- beh-YAD
- Extended
- beh-YAHD
- IPA
- /bəˈjad/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the hand of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
beh-YAD
- clause
veh-IM loh-mah-tseh-AH ya-DO DEI ha-SHIV LO ve-ha-YA mihm-ka-RO beh-YAD ha-ko-NEH o-TO AD she-NAHT ha-yo-VEL
- sentence
veh-IM loh-mah-tseh-AH ya-DO DEI ha-SHIV LO ve-ha-YA mihm-ka-RO beh-YAD ha-ko-NEH o-TO AD she-NAHT ha-yo-VEL ve-ya-TSA ba-yo-VEL ve-SHAV la-a-khu-zah-TO
Exegesis
The nominal clause mimkaro be-yad ha-kone oto {מִמְכָּרוֹ בְּיַד הַקֹּנֶה אֹת֔וֹ | mim-kār-ô bə-yad ha-qō-nē ʾō-ṯô} ‘his sale in the hand of the buyer’ expresses legal status, with oto as the objective marker.
Root and etymology
“hand, power, ability”
In context — Leviticus 25:28
And if he does not find sufficient means to restore it to him, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of the buyer until the Jubilee year; and it shall go out in the Jubilee, and he shall return to his possession.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 25:28, so the Hebrew word בְּיַד֙ (behyad) 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 Lev.25.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.28.W9.S1) and character.