Psalm 18:20:5Ps.18.20.W5TABWLC Psalms 18:21
יָ֝דַ֗י
yadai
“of my hands”
- Transliteration
- ya-DAI
- Extended
- ya-DAI
- IPA
- /jaˈdaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- of my 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 |
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Word in context
- word
ya-DAI
- phraseyour reading level
ke-VOR ya-DAI
- clause
ke-VOR ya-DAI ya-SHIV LI
- sentence
yig-me-LE-ni ye-ho-VAH ke-tsid-KI ke-VOR ya-DAI ya-SHIV LI
Exegesis
Two synonymous prepositional phrases, ketsidqi {כְּצִדְקִי | kə-tsiḏ-qî} ‘according to my righteousness’ and kebor {כְּבֹר | kə-ḇōr} yadai {יָדַי | yā-ḏay} ‘according to the cleanness of my hands’, specify the basis for recompense through parallelism.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-daleph–yod–dalet
“calamity”
In context — Psalm 18:20
The LORD rewards me according to my righteousness ; according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 18:20, so the Hebrew word יָ֝דַ֗י (yadai) 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 Ps.18.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.20.W5.S1) and character.