Proverbs 3:27:5Prov.3.27.W5TAB

יָדְךָ֣

yadkha

your hand

Transliteration
YAD-kha
Extended
YAAD-khah
IPA
/ˈjaːd.xaː/

Meaning by language

English
your hand

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Result
יָדְ + ךָ֣
yad + kha
yadkha

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    YAD-kha

  2. phraseyour reading level

    YAD-kha la-a-SOT

  3. clause

    bih-ye-OT le-EL YAD-kha la-a-SOT

  4. sentence

    al-tim-NA-toV mi-be-a-LAV bih-ye-OT le-EL YAD-kha la-a-SOT

Exegesis

A temporal condition is expressed by the infinitive construct bihyot {בִּהְי֨וֹת | bi-hi-yôt} ‘when it is’, combined with the idiom l’el yadekha {לְאֵ֖ל יָדֶךָ֣ | lə-ʾél yā-də-ḵā} ‘within the power of your hand’, denoting ability.

Root and etymology

y-dyod–dalet

hand

In contextProverbs 3:27

Do not hold back good from its owners when it is within the power of your hand to do it.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 3:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 3:27, so the Hebrew word יָדְךָ֣ (yadkha) 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 Prov.3.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.3.27.W5.S1) and character.