יָ֖ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָ֖ד

   YAD

   hand
2. clause🔊 וָאָעִ֣ידָה בָהֶ֗ם וָאֹמְרָ֤ה אֲלֵיהֶם֙ מַדּ֜וּעַ אַתֶּ֤ם לֵנִים֙ נֶ֣גֶד הַחוֹמָ֔ה אִם־תִּשְׁנ֕וּ יָ֖ד אֶשְׁלַ֣ח בָּכֶ֑ם

   va-a-I-da va-HEM va-o-me-RA a-le-HEM mad-DU-a a-TEM le-NIM NE-ged ha-kho-MA im-ti-sha-NU YAD e-she-LAKH ba-KHEM

   and I warned against them or among them and I said to them why you {plural, masculine} lodging or spending the night in front of the wall if you repeat or if you do again hand I will send forth against you {plural}
3. sentence🔊 וָאָעִ֣ידָה בָהֶ֗ם וָאֹמְרָ֤ה אֲלֵיהֶם֙ מַדּ֜וּעַ אַתֶּ֤ם לֵנִים֙ נֶ֣גֶד הַחוֹמָ֔ה אִם־תִּשְׁנ֕וּ יָ֖ד אֶשְׁלַ֣ח בָּכֶ֑ם מִן־הָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא לֹא־בָ֖אוּ בַּשַׁבָּֽת׃

   va-a-I-da va-HEM va-o-me-RA a-le-HEM mad-DU-a a-TEM le-NIM NE-ged ha-kho-MA im-ti-sha-NU YAD e-she-LAKH ba-KHEM min-ha-ET ha-HI lo-va-U ba-sha-BAT

   and I warned against them or among them and I said to them why you {plural, masculine} lodging or spending the night in front of the wall if you repeat or if you do again hand I will send forth against you {plural} from the time that {feminine singular} they did not come on the Sabbath

Exegesis

The idiom yad eshlach bakhem {יָ֖ד אֶשְׁלַ֣ח בָּכֶ֑ם | yād ʾeš-lă-ḥ bā-ḵem} literally “hand I will send against you” signals an exercise of authority.

Root and etymology

y-d🔊 yod–dalet

“hand, strength”

• 🔊 יָדָהyā-dāhto praisePsalm 28:7