Zechariah 14:13:10Zech.14.13.W10TAB

יַ֣ד

yad

hand

Transliteration
YAD
Extended
YAHD
IPA
/ˈjad/

Meaning by language

English
hand

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    YAD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    YAD re-E-HU

  3. clause

    ve-he-khe-ZI-ku ISH YAD re-E-HU ve-al-TA ya-DO al-YAD re-E-HU

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ti-he-YE me-hu-MAT-ye-ho-VAH ra-BA ba-HEM ve-he-khe-ZI-ku ISH YAD re-E-HU ve-al-TA ya-DO al-YAD re-E-HU

Exegesis

The coordinated clauses wehecheziku ish yad reʿehu {וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ אִישׁ יַד רֵעֵהוּ | wə-he-ḥĕ-zî-qû ʾîš yād rē-ʿê-hû} ‘and they will seize the hand of a neighbor’ and vealatah yado al yad reʿehu {וְעָלְתָה יָד֖וֹ עַל־יַד רֵעֵהוּ | wə-ʿāl-tāh ya-dô ʿal yād rē-ʿê-hû} ‘and a hand will arise against another’ depict reciprocal aggression highlighting social collapse.

Root and etymology

y-dyod–dalet

hand, power

In contextZechariah 14:13

And on that day there will be a great tumult from the LORD among them; each man will seize the hand of his neighbor and his hand will rise against the hand of his neighbor.

About this coordinate

Zechariah 14:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Zechariah 14:13, so the Hebrew word יַ֣ד (yad) 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 Zech.14.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.13.W10.S1) and character.