יְדֵי־אָ֝דָ֗ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יְדֵי־אָ֝דָ֗ם

   ye-DE-A-DAM

   hands of a human
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּגְמ֥וּל יְדֵי־אָ֝דָ֗ם

   u-ge-MUL ye-DE-A-DAM

   and recompense of hands of a human
3. clause🔊 וּגְמ֥וּל יְדֵי־אָ֝דָ֗ם ישוב יָשִׁ֥יב לֽוֹ׃

   u-ge-MUL ye-DE-A-DAM ya-SHUV ya-SHIV LO

   and recompense of hands of a human it will return he will bring back to him
4. sentence🔊 מִפְּרִ֣י פִי־אִ֭ישׁ יִשְׂבַּע־ט֑וֹב וּגְמ֥וּל יְדֵי־אָ֝דָ֗ם ישוב יָשִׁ֥יב לֽוֹ׃

   mip-pe-RI pi-ISH yis-be-A-TOB u-ge-MUL ye-DE-A-DAM ya-SHUV ya-SHIV LO

   from fruit of mouth of a man he will be satisfied, good and recompense of hands of a human it will return he will bring back to him

Exegesis

The second clause begins with u-ḡe-mûl {וּגְמוּל | u-ḡe-mûl} ‘and recompense’, followed by the construct chain ye-de-ʾā-ḏâm {יְדֵי־אָדָם | ye-de-ʾā-ḏâm} ‘hands of a person’, and the Hiphil verb yā-šîv {יָשִׁיב | yā-šîv} ‘he will return’, illustrating that deeds bear consequences. The balanced use of imperfect stems and repeated construct relationships underscores personal accountability for words and actions in a concise didactic parallelism.

Root and etymology

ʾ-d-m🔊 א־ד־מaleph–dalet–mem

“humankind”

• 🔊 אֲדָמָהʾă-dā-māhgroundGenesis 2:7