יָד
hand
‘hand’ is one of 4 main senses fuller range ↓
H3027
Strong's Hebrew
yâd
Transliteration
/yawd/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
1,627
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
hand
- hand (of man)
- strength, power (figuratively)
- side (of land), part, portion (metaphorically) (figuratively)
- (various special, technical senses)
- sign, monument
- part, fractional part, share
- time, repetition
- axle-trees, axle
- stays, support (for laver)
- tenons (in tabernacle)
- a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
- wrists
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct 1,263 times (78%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Dual, Construct 230 times (14%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute 86 times (5%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Dual, Absolute 28 times (2%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute 12 times (1%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct 8 times (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 1,627 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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2 Chronicles 70 verses
- 2 Chronicles 26:11 בְּ/יַד֙ יַד prep + n c bs cs n c bs cs Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
- 2 Chronicles 26:13 יָדָ/ם֩ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, who made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
- 2 Chronicles 26:19 וּ/בְ/יָד֥/וֹ conj + prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Then Uzziah was angry; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Yahweh, beside the altar of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 28:5 בְּ/יַ֣ד בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9 בְּ/יֶדְ/כֶ֑ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2mp But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 29:23 יְדֵי/הֶ֖ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp They brought near the male goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:
- 2 Chronicles 29:25 בְ/יַד בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets.
- 2 Chronicles 29:27 יְדֵ֔י n c bd cs Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of Yahweh began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 29:31 יֶדְ/כֶם֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2mp Then Hezekiah answered, Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Yahweh. The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart [brought] burnt offerings.
- 2 Chronicles 30:6 מִ/יַּ֧ד prep + n c bs cs So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, You children of Israel, turn again to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that have escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8 יָ֣ד n c bs Now don't you be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12 יַ֣ד n c bs cs Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 30:16 מִ/יַּ֖ד prep + n c bs cs They stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood [which they received] of the hand of the Levites.
- 2 Chronicles 31:13 מִ/יַּ֤ד prep + n c bs cs Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 31:15 יָד֡/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, as well to the great as to the small:
- 2 Chronicles 32:13 מִ/יָּדִֽ/י prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Don't you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?
- 2 Chronicles 32:14 מִ/יָּדִ֑/י מִ/יָּדִֽ/י prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
- 2 Chronicles 32:15 מִ/יָּדִ֖/י וּ/מִ/יַּ֣ד מִ/יָּדִֽ/י prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs conj + prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe you him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?
- 2 Chronicles 32:17 מִ/יָּדִ֔/י מִ/יָּדִֽ/י prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs He wrote also letters, to rail on Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.
- 2 Chronicles 32:19 יְדֵ֥י n c bd cs They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
- 2 Chronicles 32:22 מִ/יַּ֛ד וּ/מִ/יַּד prep + n c bs cs conj + prep + n c bs cs Thus Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all [others], and guided them on every side.
- 2 Chronicles 33:8 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances [given] by Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 34:9 מִ/יַּ֧ד prep + n c bs cs They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:10 יַד֙ n c bs cs They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;
- 2 Chronicles 34:14 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs When they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Yahweh [given] by Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 34:16 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All that was committed to your servants, they are doing.
- 2 Chronicles 34:17 יַד֙ יַ֖ד n c bs cs n c bs cs They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Yahweh, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.
- 2 Chronicles 34:25 יְדֵי/הֶ֑ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched.
- 2 Chronicles 35:6 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs Kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh by Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 35:11 מִ/יָּדָ֔/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp They killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood which they received] of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15 בְּ/יַ֥ד prep + n c bs cs Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place:
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 בְּ/יָדֽ/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed: he gave them all into his hand.
Ezra 17 verses
- Ezra 1:6 בִֽ/ידֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp All those who were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.
- Ezra 1:8 יַ֖ד n c bs cs even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
- Ezra 3:10 יְדֵ֖י n c bd cs When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, after the order of David king of Israel.
- Ezra 4:4 יְדֵ֣י n c bd cs Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
- Ezra 6:22 יְדֵי/הֶ֔ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
- Ezra 7:6 כְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him.
- Ezra 7:9 כְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs For on the first [day] of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first [day] of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.
- Ezra 7:28 כְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
- Ezra 8:18 כְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
- Ezra 8:22 יַד n c bs cs For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.
- Ezra 8:26 יָדָ֜/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold one hundred talents;
- Ezra 8:31 וְ/יַד conj + n c bs cs Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way.
- Ezra 8:33 יַד n c bs cs On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite;
- Ezra 9:2 וְ/יַ֧ד conj + n c bs cs For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands: yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
- Ezra 9:7 בְּ/יַ֣ד prep + n c bs cs Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
- Ezra 9:11 בְּ/יַ֨ד prep + n c bs cs which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness:
- Ezra 10:19 יָדָ֖/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their guilt.
Nehemiah 32 verses
- Nehemiah 1:10 וּ/בְ/יָדְ/ךָ֖ conj + prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
- Nehemiah 2:8 כְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. The king granted me, according to the good hand of my God on me.
- Nehemiah 2:18 יַ֣ד יְדֵי/הֶ֖ם n c bs cs n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good [work].
- Nehemiah 3:2 יָד֥/וֹ יָד֣/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Next to him built the men of Jericho. Next to them built Zaccur the son of Imri.
- Nehemiah 3:4 יָדָ֣/ם יָדָ֣/ם יָדָ֣/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. Next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. Next to them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
- Nehemiah 3:5 יָדָ֖/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn't put their necks to the work of their lord.
- Nehemiah 3:7 יָדָ֨/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, [that appertained] to the throne of the governor beyond the River.
- Nehemiah 3:8 יָד֣/וֹ יָד֣/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. Next to him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified Jerusalem even to the broad wall.
- Nehemiah 3:9 יָדָ֤/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 3:10 יָדָ֧/ם יָד֣/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Next to them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over against his house. Next to him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah.
- Nehemiah 3:12 יָד֣/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Next to him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
- Nehemiah 3:17 יָד֣/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district.
- Nehemiah 3:19 יָד֜/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning [of the wall].
- Nehemiah 4:17 יָד/וֹ֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon;
- Nehemiah 5:5 יָדֵ֔/נוּ n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cp Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and, behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
- Nehemiah 6:5 בְּ/יָדֽ/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
- Nehemiah 6:9 יְדֵי/הֶ֛ם יָדָֽ/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, [God], strengthen you my hands.
- Nehemiah 7:4 יָדַ֨יִם֙ n c bd Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
- Nehemiah 8:6 יְדֵי/הֶ֔ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.
- Nehemiah 8:14 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs They found written in the law, how that Yahweh had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;
- Nehemiah 9:14 בְּ/יַ֖ד prep + n c bs cs and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
- Nehemiah 9:15 יָדְ/ךָ֖ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
- Nehemiah 9:24 בְּ/יָדָ֑/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
- Nehemiah 9:27 בְּ/יַ֣ד מִ/יַּ֥ד prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
- Nehemiah 9:28 בְּ/יַ֤ד prep + n c bs cs But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times did you deliver them according to your mercies,
- Nehemiah 9:30 בְּ/יַד בְּ/יַ֖ד prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs Yet many years did you bear with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gave you them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
- Nehemiah 10:29 בְּ/יַ֖ד prep + n c bs cs They joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
- Nehemiah 10:31 יָֽד n c bs and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
- Nehemiah 11:1 הַ/יָּד֖וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.
- Nehemiah 11:24 לְ/יַ֣ד prep + n c bs cs Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
- Nehemiah 13:13 יָדָ֔/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
- Nehemiah 13:21 יָ֖ד n c bs Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why lodge you about the wall? if you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the Sabbath.
Esther 21 verses
- Esther 1:7 כְּ/יַ֥ד prep + n c bs cs They gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
- Esther 1:12 בְּ/יַ֣ד prep + n c bs cs But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very angry, and his anger burned in him.
- Esther 1:15 בְּ/יַ֖ד prep + n c bs cs What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
- Esther 2:3 יַ֥ד n c bs cs and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them;
- Esther 2:8 יַ֣ד יַ֥ד n c bs cs n c bs cs So it happened, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
- Esther 2:14 יַ֧ד n c bs cs In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in to the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.
- Esther 2:18 כְּ/יַ֥ד prep + n c bs cs Then the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.
- Esther 2:21 יָ֔ד n c bs In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the threshold, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
- Esther 3:6 יָד֙ n c bs But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
- Esther 3:9 יְדֵי֙ n c bd cs If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have the charge of the [king's] business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
- Esther 3:10 יָד֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
- Esther 3:13 בְּ/יַ֣ד prep + n c bs cs Letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
- Esther 5:2 בְּ/יָד֔/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms It was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the scepter.
- Esther 6:2 יָ֔ד n c bs It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those who kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
- Esther 6:9 יַד n c bs cs and let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delights to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.
- Esther 8:7 יָד֖/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.
- Esther 8:10 בְּ/יַד֩ prep + n c bs cs He wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud:
- Esther 9:2 יָ֔ד n c bs the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them was fallen on all the peoples.
- Esther 9:10 יָדָֽ/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, killed they; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.
- Esther 9:15 יָדָֽ/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.
- Esther 9:16 יָדָֽ/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp The other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed of those who hated them seventy-five thousand; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.
Job 51 verses
- Job 1:10 יָדָי/ו֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
- Job 1:11 יָֽדְ/ךָ֔ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."
- Job 1:12 בְּ/יָדֶ֔/ךָ יָדֶ֑/ךָ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.
- Job 1:14 יְדֵי/הֶֽם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp that there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
- Job 2:5 יָֽדְ/ךָ֔ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."
- Job 2:6 בְ/יָדֶ֑/ךָ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life."
- Job 4:3 וְ/יָדַ֖יִם conj + n c bd Behold, you have instructed many, You have strengthened the weak hands.
- Job 5:12 יְ֝דֵי/הֶ֗ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
- Job 5:15 וּ/מִ/יַּ֖ד conj + prep + n c bs cs But he saves from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
- Job 5:18 ו/יד/ו וְ/יָדָ֥י/ו conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms For he wounds, and binds up; He injures, and his hands make whole.
- Job 5:20 מִ֣/ידֵי prep + n c bd cs In famine he will redeem you from death; In war, from the power of the sword.
- Job 6:9 יָ֝ד֗/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
- Job 6:23 מִ/יַּד וּ/מִ/יַּ֖ד prep + n c bs cs conj + prep + n c bs cs Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'
- Job 8:4 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience;
- Job 8:20 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs "Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
- Job 9:24 בְֽ/יַד prep + n c bs cs The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not he, then who is it?
- Job 9:33 יָד֣/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms There is no umpire between us, That might lay his hand on us both.
- Job 10:7 מִ/יָּדְ/ךָ֣ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Although you know that I am not wicked, There is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
- Job 10:8 יָדֶ֣י/ךָ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms 'Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether; Yet you destroy me.
- Job 11:14 בְּ֭/יָדְ/ךָ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
- Job 12:6 בְּ/יָדֽ/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms The tents of robbers prosper, Those who provoke God are secure; Who carry their God in their hands.
- Job 12:9 יַד n c bs cs Who doesn't know that in all these, The hand of Yahweh has done this,
- Job 12:10 בְּ֭/יָד/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms In whose hand is the life of every living thing, The breath of all mankind?
- Job 14:15 יָדֶ֣י/ךָ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.
- Job 15:23 בְּ/יָד֣/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- Job 15:25 יָד֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Because he has stretched out his hand against God, And behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;
- Job 16:11 יְדֵ֖י n c bd cs God delivers me to the ungodly, And casts me into the hands of the wicked.
- Job 17:3 לְ/יָדִ֥/י prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
- Job 17:9 יָ֝דַ֗יִם n c bd Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
- Job 19:21 יַד n c bs cs "Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; For the hand of God has touched me.
- Job 20:10 וְ֝/יָדָ֗י/ו conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
- Job 20:22 יַ֖ד n c bs cs In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him: The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
- Job 21:5 יָ֣ד n c bs Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
- Job 21:16 בְ/יָדָ֣/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- Job 23:2 יָ֝דִ֗/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs "Even today is my complaint rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
- Job 26:13 יָ֝ד֗/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
- Job 27:11 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
- Job 27:22 מִ֝/יָּד֗/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms For it hurls at him, and does not spare, As he flees away from his hand.
- Job 28:9 יָד֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots.
- Job 29:20 בְּ/יָדִ֥/י prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs My glory is fresh in me, My bow is renewed in my hand.'
- Job 30:2 יְ֭דֵי/הֶם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, Men in whom ripe age has perished?
- Job 30:21 יָדְ/ךָ֣ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
- Job 30:24 יָ֑ד n c bs "However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
- Job 31:21 יָדִ֑/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
- Job 31:25 יָדִֽ/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
- Job 31:27 יָדִ֣/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs And my heart has been secretly enticed, My hand threw a kiss from my mouth:
- Job 34:19 יָדָ֣י/ו n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, Nor regards the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
- Job 34:20 בְ/יָֽד prep + n c bs In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, The mighty are taken away without hand.
- Job 35:7 מִ/יָּדְ/ךָ֥ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
- Job 37:7 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs He seals up the hand of every man, That all men whom he has made may know it.
- Job 40:4 יָ֝דִ֗/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Psalms 89 verses
- Psalms 8:6 יָדֶ֑י/ךָ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
- Psalms 10:12 יָדֶ֑/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless.
- Psalms 10:14 בְּ/יָ֫דֶ֥/ךָ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms But you do see trouble and grief; You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
- Psalms 17:14 יָדְ/ךָ֨ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms From men by your hand, Yahweh, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, And they store up wealth for their children.
- Psalms 18:1 וּ/מִ/יַּ֥ד conj + prep + n c bs cs I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
- Psalms 18:20 יָ֝דַ֗/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
- Psalms 18:24 יָ֝דַ֗/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
- Psalms 18:34 יָ֭דַ/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs He teaches my hands to war; So that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
- Psalms 19:1 יָ֝דָ֗י/ו n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
- Psalms 21:8 יָ֭דְ/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
- Psalms 22:16 יָדַ֥/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evil-doers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet.
- Psalms 22:20 מִ/יַּד prep + n c bs cs Deliver my soul from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog.
- Psalms 26:10 בִּ/ידֵי/הֶ֥ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp In whose hands is wickedness, Their right hand is full of bribes.
- Psalms 28:2 יָ֝דַ֗/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, When I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
- Psalms 28:4 יְ֭דֵי/הֶם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
- Psalms 28:5 יָדָ֑י/ו n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms Because they don't regard the works of Yahweh, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
- Psalms 31:5 בְּ/יָדְ/ךָ֮ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
- Psalms 31:8 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
- Psalms 31:15 בְּ/יָדְ/ךָ֥ מִ/יַּד prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms prep + n c bs cs My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
- Psalms 32:4 יָ֫דֶ֥/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.
- Psalms 36:11 וְ/יַד conj + n c bs cs Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- Psalms 37:24 יָדֽ/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Though he stumble, he shall not fall, For Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
- Psalms 37:33 בְ/יָד֑/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.
- Psalms 38:2 יָדֶֽ/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms For your arrows have pierced me, Your hand presses hard on me.
- Psalms 39:10 יָ֝דְ/ךָ֗ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
- Psalms 44:2 יָדְ/ךָ֡ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms You drove out the nations with your hand, But you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, But you spread them abroad.
- Psalms 49:15 מִֽ/יַּד prep + n c bs cs But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For he will receive me. Selah.
- Psalms 55:20 יָ֭דָי/ו n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.
- Psalms 58:2 יְ֝דֵי/כֶ֗ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
- Psalms 63:10 יְדֵי n c bd cs They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
- Psalms 68:31 יָ֝דָ֗י/ו n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.
- Psalms 71:4 מִ/יַּ֣ד prep + n c bs cs Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
- Psalms 73:23 בְּ/יַד prep + n c bs cs Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
- Psalms 74:11 יָ֭דְ/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!
- Psalms 75:8 בְּֽ/יַד prep + n c bs cs For in the hand of Yahweh there is a cup, Full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
- Psalms 76:5 יְדֵי/הֶֽם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp Valiant men lie plundered, They have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
- Psalms 77:2 יָדִ֤/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 77:20 בְּֽ/יַד prep + n c bs cs You led your people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Psalms 78:42 יָד֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms They didn't remember his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
- Psalms 78:61 בְ/יַד prep + n c bs cs And delivered his strength into captivity, His glory into the adversary's hand.
- Psalms 80:17 יָ֭דְ/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, On the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
- Psalms 81:14 יָדִֽ/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
- Psalms 82:4 מִ/יַּ֖ד prep + n c bs cs Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."
- Psalms 88:5 מִ/יָּדְ/ךָ֥ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Set apart among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
- Psalms 89:13 יָ֝דְ/ךָ֗ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
- Psalms 89:21 יָ֭דִ/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs With whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.
- Psalms 89:25 יָד֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
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יד — transliterated yâd — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “hand.” The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. Spanning 1,446 verses in 36 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 3:22. Sharing its root, it stands alongside יד, ידה and יך. See the sense tree, 1,446-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
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hand
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H3027 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,446
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,446 distinct verses.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #25
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 25 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,446 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 710 verses · 49%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 393 verses · 27%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 343 verses · 24%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Hand 909×, Hands 231×, By 39×
- American Standard Version: Hand 775×, Hands 173×, By 64×
- Berean Standard Bible: Hand 630×, Hands 327×, Through 65×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Hand 755×, Hand of 398×, Hands 207×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3027 across 1,574 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 200 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 41 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3027 across 1,572 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 288 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3027 across 1,403 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 127 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 211 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3027 across 1,633 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 68 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
31 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 31 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. hand of man Gn 3:22; 4:11; 8:9 + often; תַּבְנִית יָד Ez 8:3 the shape of a hand (of God in Ezek.’s vision); of cherubim ת׳ יַד אָדָם 10:8, דְּמוּת יְדֵי אָדָם v 21: e.g. Genesis 3:22
- a. right hand יַד־יְמִינ(וֹ) Gn 48:17 (JE), Ju 7:20 2 S 20:9 Je 22:24 Ez 39:3 ψ 73:23; 121:5; יד[ם] הַיְמָנִית Ex 29:20 Lv 8:23, 24; 14:14, 17, 25, 28 (all P); a left-handed man is אִטֵּד יַד־יְמִינוֹ Ju 3:15; 20:16 (v. אטד); left hand יַד שְׂמֹאל(וֹ) 3:21; 7:20 Ez 39:3; both hands of one pers. are denoted by du., יָדַיִם Gn 27:22 2 K 3:11 + often; occasionally + numeral, שְׁתֵּי יָדָ֑י Dt 9:15, 17, so Lv 16:21 (P); du. also of hands of several persons Gn 5:29 Ex 29:10, 15, 19 Dt 31:29 2 K 11:16 = 2 Ch 23:15, Ez 21:12 +; yet sometimes sg. of hand of several persons Gn 19:16 Ex 29:9 Lv 8:24 Dt 1:25; 17:7(×2) Ju 7:20(×2) +. e.g. Genesis 48:17
- b. שְׁתֵּי כַּפּוֹת ידיו 1 S 5:4 the two palms of his hands; כַּפּוֹת הידים 2 K 9:35 Dn 10:10; אַצִּילוֹת יָדֶיךָ 9 Je 38:12 Ez 13:18; בֹּהֶן יָדָיו Ex 29:20 (P) = his thumbs (opp. בֹּהֶן רַגְלָם); בְּהֹנוֹת יד(יו) ורגל(יו) Ju 1:6, 7; bracelets were worn on hands, i.e. wrists Gn 24:22, 30, 47 (J), cf. thread bound on hand of Zerach 38:28(×2), 29, 30 (J), and cords on hands of Samson Ju 15:14; the ring was worn on hand, i.e. finger Gn 41:42 (E), Est 3:10. e.g. 1 Samuel 5:4
- c. as to hands in use, note זְרֹעֵי ידיו Gn 49:24 arms of his hands, i.e. arms which make his hands serviceable; מִלֵּא יָדוֹ בַּקֶּשֶׁת 2 K 9:24 he filled his hand with the bow, i.e. caused his hand to grasp it, seized it; הַרְכֵּב יָֽדְךָ עַל־הַקֶּשֶׁת 2 K 13:16(×2); especially fig. of consecrating or installing (as priest), מִלֵּא יַד he filled the hand of any one (perhaps orig. gave the selected portions of animal-sacrifices to, v. Lv 8:25 ff., so Di), installed as priest Ju 17:5, 12 1 K 13:33 (sq. וְ subord.); elsewhere only P and late: Ex 28:41 (‖ קִדַּשׁ), 29:9 also v 29 (‖ משׁח), v 33 (קדּשׁ), v 35 Lv 8:33 2 Ch 13:9; 29:31, sq. inf. Lv 16:32 (‖ משׁח), 21:10 (‖ יוּצַק שֶׁמֶן), Nu 3:3 (‖ משׁת); מִלֵּאתֶם יֶדְכֶם ליהוה 2 Ch 29:31 = ye have consecrated yourselves to י׳, is addressed appar. to the whole congregation (otherwise Be Öt and Di Ex 32:29); so the same expression Ex 32:29 (poss.) and 1 Ch 29:5 (certainly) of offering gifts to י׳; מִלְאוּ יָד֯ו Ez 43:26 of consecrating the altar (‖ כִּפֶּר, טִהַר); שָׁלַח יַד לְ Ju 5:26 stretch out hand to, so ישׁלח אֶל־ 2 S 6:6 (insert ידו Vrss Dr); hence מִשְׁלַח יד(כ)ם that to which one puts the hand, fig., = undertaking, †Dt 12:7, 18; 15:10; 23:21; 28:8, 20 †; שׁלח יד also in hostile sense, c. בְּ, Ex 22:7 1 S 24:7, 11; 26:11 ψ 55:21 +; cf. מוֹאָב מִשְׁלוֹחַ יָדָם Is 11:14; אֶבֶן יָד Nu 35:17 (P) a stone (thrown from) the hand; כְּלִי עֵץ־יָד v 18 a weapon in the hand; מַקֵּל יָד Ez 39:9 a staff in the hand; idols are מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי וגו׳ Is 2:8 + often v. מַעֲשֶׂה; man is work of God’s hand Jb 14:15. e.g. Genesis 49:24
- d. special phrases: kissing with the hand וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי Jb 31:27; (in silence) יָדִי שַׂמְתִּי לְמוֹ פִי 40:4 Mi 7:16 (עַל־פֶּה); the creditor is בַּעַל מַשֵּׁה יָדוֹ Dt 15:2; the debt מַשָּׁא כָל־יָד Ne 10:32; תְּרוּמַת יֶדְכֶם Dt 12:6, 11, 17 heave-offering of your hand; the hand is placed תחת יָרֵךְ in taking an oath Gn 24:2 (J); lifted (הרים) to י׳ 14:22; so perhaps יָד עַל־כֵּם יָהּ Ex 17:16 (E) hand on the throne of Yah! (but difficult, v. Di VB); often c. נשׂא: the hand is lifted (נשׂא) to heaven Dt 32:40 (of י׳’s oath, poem); elsewhere chiefly Ez and P: simply lift (נשׂא) the hand (= נשׁבע), sq. inf. Ex 6:8 Nu 14:30 (both P), Ez 20:28, 42; 47:14; sq. לְ pers. Ez 20:5(×2) (del. Co as gloss); sq. לְ pers. + inf. Ez 20:6, 15, 23; abs. 36:7; hence (citations) Ne 9:15 ψ 106:26; cf. Ne 8:6 the people answered אָמֵן אָמֵן בְּמֹעַל יְדֵיהֶם; נשׂא יד(ים) elsewhere (of men) in prayer ψ 28:2; cf. 68:32, and יָדִי לַיְלָה נִגְּרָה 77:3. Also of God, to give a signal Is 49:22; to rescue ψ 10:12. יְנֹפֵף יָדוֹ Is 10:32 he brandisheth his hand (Assyrian, in defiance); הֵנִיף יָדוֹ Is 11:15 (of י׳ in judgment), cf. 19:16 Zc 2:13 (sq. על); הֵנִיעַ יָדוֹ Zp 2:15 (in derision); הוֹשִׁיעַ יד לְ one’s hand bringing deliverance to, gaining success, by force, for 1 S 25:26 + (v. Dr), ins. also v 31 (𝔊 We Dr); the hand is weary יָֽגְעָה 2 S 23:10, it cleaves (דבק) to the sword (אֶל־הַחֶרֶב) v 10 (both om. by accident in ‖ 1 Ch 11:13, see VB); שֶׁבֶר יָד Lv 21:19 (H) fracture of hand = arm (‖ שֶׁבֶר רגל); after נָתַן: give a pledge וַיִּתְּנוּ יָדָם לְהוֹצִיא נְשֵׁיהֶם Ezr 10:19; submit נָתַן יַד תַּחַת שְׁלֹמֹה 1 Ch 29:24, i.e. they acknowledged him as their lord; תְּנוּ־יָד ליהוה 2 Ch 30:8; other phr. c. prep. v. infr. e.g. Job 31:27
- e. of hand as strong, helpful, etc.:—(1) of man: עֹצֶם יָדִי Dt 8:17 (‖ כֹּחִי); of fighting power of Edom בְּיָד חֲזָקָה Nu 20:20 (JE; ‖ בְּעַם כָּבֵד; cf. infr. of God); קִצְרֵי־יָד small in power 2 K 19:26 = Is 37:27 (cf. infr. of God); Isr. went out of Egypt בְּיָד רָמָה according to P, Ex 14:8 Nu 33:3 i.e. boldly, defiantly; same phr. of presumptuousness (against י׳) Nu 15:30 (P, cf. יָדֵנוּ רָ֫מָה Dt 32:27). Phrases of strengthening are: חִזַּק יָדָיו Ju 9:24 Ne 6:9; חִזַּק בְּיָדַיִם Ezr 1:6; החזיק בְּיַד־ Jb 8:20 (v. חזק); לִהְיוֹת יָדָיו אִתּוֹ 2 K 15:19 that his hands might be with him, to confirm his position; cf. 2 S 14:19 Je 26:24 1 Ch 4:10; note also מִי־הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵעַ Jb 17:3 who is he (that) will strike his hand into mine, i.e. give me a pledge (v. sub תקע); strength fails when hands drop: וַיִּרְפּוּ יָדָיו 2 S 4:1 then his hands dropped down, he grew feeble, spiritless (v. רפה); רְפֵי יָדַיִם 17:2 11 weak-handed, weak (‖ יָגֵעַ). (2) of (mighty) hand of God, pointing to earlier anthropomorphism; as strengthening Joseph Gn 49:24 (poem in J); as stretched out (שׁלח) to smite Ex 9:15 (J); so of מַלְאַךְ י׳ 2 S 24:16, sq. acc. + לְ inf., opp. הֶ֫רֶף יָדֶ֑ךָ v 16; as smiting (נָֽגְעָה בְּ) 1 S 6:9 Jb 19:21; as against (בְ among, in) cattle, etc., v 3 (J); city 1 S 5:9; the murrain v 3 (J); יַד־יהוה as heavy against (כבדה אֶל) 1 S 5:6; כָּֽבְדָה שָׁם v 11; קָֽשְׁתָה עַל v 7; of withdrawal of י׳’s chastising hand תָּסוּר יָדוֹ מִכֶּם 1 S 6:3; and (י׳ subj.) יָקֵל אֶת־יָדוֹ מֵעֲלֵיכֶם v 5; of י׳’s power to deliver his people:—†חֹ֫זֶק יָד Ex 13:3, 14, 16 (all JE) †; יָד חֲזָקָה 6:1(×2) (JE), 13:9 (JE), Dt 6:21; 7:8 Jos 4:24 (D); especially in phr. (בְּ)יָד חֲזָקָה וּ(בִ)זְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה Dt 4:34 + (v. זְרוֹעַ p. 284); יד חזקה + כֹּחַ גָּדוֹל Ex 32:11 (JE), Ne 1:10; הֲיַד י׳ תִּקְצָ֑ר Nu 11:23 (JE) is the hand of י׳ shortened? Is 50:2; 59:1 (both sq. מִן); יָד נְטוּיָה in judgment Is 9:11, 16, 20; 10:4; הָֽיְתָה יַד־י׳ עלי(ו) of grasp of י׳’s hand in prophetic inspiration Ez 1:3; 3:22; 37:1; 40:1 2 K 3:15; יַד־י׳ עָלַי חזקה Ez 3:14; so בְּחֶזְקַת הַיָּד֑ Is 8:11; of God’s (י׳’s) good hand = favour, (late) יַד אלה(יו) טוֹבָה על(יו) Ezr 7:9; 8:18 Ne 2:8, 18; without טוֹבָה Ezr 7:6, 28; 8:22, 31; sq. inf. יַד האלהים לָתֵת לָהֶם 2 Ch 30:12; בֳּיֽדְךָ לְגַדֵּל 1 Ch 29:12; in gen. בֳּיֽדְךָ כֹּחַ וּגְבוּרָה v 12; of protection בְּצֵל יָדוֹ Is 49:2 in the shadow of his (י׳’s) hand. e.g. Deuteronomy 8:17
- 2. Fig. = strength, power:—לֹא הָיָה בָהֶם יָדַיִם לָנוּס Jos 8:20 (JE) there was not in them strength to flee; לֹא מָֽצְאוּ כָל־אַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל יְדֵיהֶם ψ 76:6 none of the men of might have found their hands, i.e. their powers are paralyzed in death (‖ נָמוּ שְׁנָתָם); with ref. to pecuniary ability: תַּגִּיעַ יָדוֹ דֵּי שֶׂה Lv 5:7 (on this and others c. דֵּי v. דַּי p. 191); תַּגִּיעַ יָדוֹ לִשְׁתֵּי תוֹרִים v 11 if his hand do not reach to two turtledoves; אֵין יָדוֹ מַשֶּׂגֶת 14:21 if his hand be unable to reach; so combinations with נשׂג Hiph.: v 22, 30, 31, 32 Nu 6:21 (all foregoing P), Lv 25:26, 47, 49; 27:8 (all H), Ez 46:7; כְּמַתְּנַת יָדוֹ Dt 16:17 according to the giving of his hand, i.e. his ability; similarly מַתַּת יָדוֹ Ez 46:5, 11; on יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדִי Gn 31:29, etc., v. ii. אֵל p. 43a supr.; other phr. c. prep. v. infr.; of dominion of king לְהָשִׁיב יָדוֹ בְּ 2 S 8:3 read prob. as ‖ 1 Ch 18:3 לְהַצִּיב יָדוֹ בְּ to establish his dominion at; hand = display of strength, action of י׳ ψ 78:42 Jb 27:11 Dt 34:12; especially הַיָּד הַגֶּדֹלָה אֲשֶׁד עָשָׂה י׳ Ex 14:31 (J) = the great achievement which י׳ did. e.g. Joshua 8:20
- 3. Fig. = side:
- a. of way יַד דֶּרֶךְ 1 S 4:13 Qr (Kt יך; but read prob. לְיַד השׁער v. Dr). e.g. 1 Samuel 4:13
- b. of gate בְּעַד יַד־הַשַּׁעַר 1 S 4:18 (text dub., v. Dr). e.g. 1 Samuel 4:18
- c. of stream or wady כָּל־יַד נַחַל יַבֹּק Dt 2:37. Especially du.: e.g. Deuteronomy 2:37
- d. of land, ארץ רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם Gn 34:21 (P) the land is wide of (on) both hands, i.e. in both directions, Ju 18:10 Is 22:18 1 Ch 4:40; of city Ne 7:4; of sea ψ 104:25; of streams רַחֲבֵי יָדָ֑יִם Is 33:21; מִיַּד כִּתִּים Nu 24:24 (JE) from the direction of Kittim.—Other phr. c. prep. v. infr. e.g. Genesis 34:21
- e. side = place, properly place at one side וְיָד תִּהְיֶה לְךָ מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה Dt 23:13; אִישׁ אֶת־יָדוֹ Je 6:3 each (in) his place; so כָּל־אִישׁ עַל־יָדוֹ Nu 2:17 (P);—v. other phrases c. prep. infr. e.g. Deuteronomy 23:13
- 4. יָד is used also in special senses:—
- a. monument 1 S 15:12; 2 S 18:18; 1 Ch 18:3 Is 56:5 sign Ez 21:24. e.g. 1 Samuel 15:12
- b. part, fractional part or share: of seed Gn 47:24 (J); share in king 2 S 19:44; of fighting men 2 K 11:7; of people Ne 11:1. e.g. Genesis 47:24
- c. time, repetition Gn 43:34 (J), Dn 1:20. Also f.pl. (only in fig. senses):— e.g. Genesis 43:34
- d. axle-trees 1 K 7:32, 33 (𝔖 ܐܻܝ̈ܕܰܗܳܬܳܐ). e.g. 1 Kings 7:32
- e. stays, supports for laver 1 K 7:35, 36; stays at sides of throne 1 K 10:19(×2) = 2 Ch 9:18(×2). e.g. 1 Kings 7:35
- f. tenons on sides of boards of tabernacle שְׁתֵּי יָדוֹת Ex 26:17 (P), also v 19(×2) 36:22, 24(×2). e.g. Exodus 26:17
- g. יָד חָזִית Is 57:8 according to Hi De Che Or Brd Du and most = a phallus thou beholdest; this favoured by context but without support in Heb. usage; Di a (beckoning) hand. e.g. Isaiah 57:8
- 5. יָד with prep.:—
- a. אֶל־יַד:—(1) after vb. of motion, into the charge, custody, of Est 2:3, 8(×2), 14; (2) אֶל־יַד by the side of gate 2 S 18:4; אֶל־יָדִי by my side, next to me 14:30; אֶל־יַד דֶּרֶךְ Ez 48:1a; אֶל־יַד חֲמָת v b (but on text v. Co); cf. also לְיַד, עַל־יַד. e.g. Esther 2:3
- b. בְּיַד into the hand: (1) נָתַן בְּיַד give into the hand of, lit., Gn 27:17; (2) into the possession of נָתַן בְּיַד Ex 10:25 (JE); especially (3) נתן ביד = give into the power of, deliver over to Jos 6:2; 7:7 (both JE), Dt 1:27 Ju 2:14a; 13:1; 15:12 1 K 22:6 2 K 18:30; 19:10; מָכַר בְּיַד sell into the hand of Ju 2:14b; 3:8; 4:2, 9; 10:7; נפל בְּיַד fall into the hand of 15:18 2 S 24:14; וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד פִּשְׁעָם Jb 8:4 and he delivered them into the power of their transgression, gave them over to it; also Is 64:6, which read וַתְּמַגְּנֵנוּ for MT וַתְּמוּגֵנוּ; (4) נתן בְּיַד = entrust to Gn 30:35; 32:17. e.g. Genesis 27:17
- c. בְּיַד in the hand of: (1) lit. מַטְּךָ אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ Gn 38:18 (J) thy staff which is in thy hand, Ex 7:17 (J), 17:9 (E), 32:15 Nu 22:23, 31 Jos 5:13; 8:18 (all JE), 1 S 13:22; 14:27; 17:50; 18:10; 20:10 2 K 11:8, 11 = 2 Ch 23:7, Am 7:7 Is 6:6 Ez 40:3, 5; 47:3 Zc 2:5; 8:4; אֵין בְּיָדִי רָעָה וָפֶ֫שַׁע 1 S 14:12 there is not in my hand evil or transgression (orig. prob. of stains of blood, or other evidences of crime); מַה־בְּיָדִי רָעָה 26:18; (2) fig. in the possession of, Ex 21:16 (JE); נִמְצָא בְּיָדִי 1 S 9:8 there is found in my hand, i.e. I happen to have (¼ shekel); (3) in the (physical) power of Gn 16:6 (J; cf. תִּתְעַנִּי תַּחַת יָדֶיהָ v 9), Jb 1:12; בְּיַד לָשׁוֹן Pr 18:21 in the power of a tongue; in the care or charge of, entrusted to, Gn 39:23 (J); under the authority of 2 S 18:2(×3); Nu 31:49 (P);—in Je 41:9 (AV because of Gedaliah), read בּוֹר גָּדוֹל הוּא for ביד גדליהו הוא 𝔊 Hi Kue Gf Che Gie DrSm 291; (4) בְּיַד also with vbs. of taking, וַיִּקַּח בְּיָדוֹ אֶת־הָאֵשׁ Gn 22:6 and he took the fire in his hand, Ex 4:17, 20, 21 (all E), 1 S 17:40 2 K 9:1; thence to denote accompaniment, taking or being with one Jos 9:11 (JE), 2 S 8:10; 1 K 14:3 2 K 5:5; אִישׁ שׁוֹרוֹ בְּיָדוֹ 1 S 14:34 cf. 16:2; קַח בֳּיֽדְךָ שְׁלשִׁים אֲנָשִׁים Je 38:10. e.g. Genesis 38:18
- d. בְּיַד by the agency or instrumentality of Gn 38:20 (J), Ju 6:36; 1 S 11:7; 16:20 2 S 3:18; 10:2; 11:14; 12:25; 2 K 14:27; 2 Ch 1:17; 7:6 (orig. lit. sense discernible sometimes); especially of י׳’s speaking by the agency of prophets Ex 9:35 (R), Lv 8:36; 10:11 Nu 4:37, 45; 9:23; 10:13; 17:5; Jos 14:2; 20:2; 21:2, 8 (all P), 1 S 28:15, 17; 1 K 16:7, 12, 34; 2 K 9:36; 17:18, 28; 2 Ch 10:15; 33:8; 34:14; 35:6; Ne 8:14; 9:14, 30; מוּת בְּיַד י׳ Ex 16:3 (P) die by the hand of י׳; בְּיַד by the side of (very rare) ψ 141:6; Zc 4:12 olive-branches beside the two golden pipes; = near to, in time, נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יוֹם חשֶׁךְ Jb 15:23 ready at his hand is a day of darkness (i.e. near at hand). e.g. Genesis 38:20
- e. כְּיַד הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 K 10:13; Est 1:7; 2:18 according to the hand (bounty) of the king. e.g. 1 Kings 10:13
- f. יָד לְיָד ‘hand to hand, surely’ Pr 11:21 לְיַד by the side of 1 S 19:3; 1 Ch 18:17; 23:28; Ne 11:24; Pr 8:3 ψ 140:6. e.g. Proverbs 11:21
- g. מִיַּד out of the hand:—(1) out of the power of, often nearly = מִן, used idiomat. c. many vbs.: c. הִצִּיל Gn 32:12(×2) (J), Ex 2:19; 18:9, 10(×2) (all JE), 1 S 17:37; מִתַּחַת יַד Ex 18:10 (JE; so c. פשׁע 2 Ch 21:8, 10(×2); cf. i. infr.); of animals מִיַּד 1 S 17:37(×2), מִיַּדִ־כֶּלֶב ψ 22:21; even of inanimate things י׳ לֶהָבָה Is 47:14 י׳ פַּח ψ 141:9; c. לָקַח Nu 21:26 (JE), 1 K 11:34, 35; c. קָרַע v 12, 31; c. מִלֵּט, מ׳ מִיַּד שְׁאוֹל ψ 89:49; c. פָּדָה, פ׳ מִיַּד שְׁאוֹל Ho 13:14 (‖ מִמָּ֫וֶת), ψ 49:16; פ׳ מִידֵי חֶרֶב Jb 5:20; pregn. יִשְׁפְּטֵנִי מִיָּדֶ֑ךָ 1 S 24:16 may he (י׳) judge (and save) me out of thy hand; so 2 S 18:19 and (with רִיב for שׁפט) 1 S 25:39; (2) מִיַּד of separation, מִיָּֽדְךָ נִגְזָ֑רוּ ψ 88:6 of wicked, cut off from nearness to God; (3) דָּרַשׁ מִיַּד exact (at the hand) of 2 S 4:11; Gn 9:5(×2) (P), Ez 33:6; 34:10 (= דָּרַשׁ מֵעִם Dt 18:19), also of animals Gn 9:5; בִּקֵּשׁ מִיַּד Ez 33:8; קָנָה מִיַּד Ru 4:5, 9 acquire at the hand of; נִקַּם מִיַּד 2 K 9:7; הִקְרִיב מִיַּד Lv 22:25 (H), רָצָה מִיַּד (י׳ subj.) Mal 1:10, 13; לָקַח רָצוֹן מִיַּד 2:13. e.g. Genesis 32:12
- h. עַל־יד(י):—(1) upon the hand(s) of תְּנָה אֹתוֹ עַל־יָדִי Gn 42:37 = entrust him to me (E; lit. put him upon my hand); יַגִּירֻהוּ עַל־יְדֵי־חָ֑רֶב ψ 63:11 they shall pour him out upon the hands of the sword = deliver him up to the sword; so Je 18:21 Ez 35:5; (2) עַל־יָד by hand Pr 13:11; עַל־יַד, עַל־יְדֵי according to the hand(s) of = at the guidance, direction of: עַל־יַד 1 Ch 25:2a; 2 Ch 26:13; עַל־יְדֵי Je 5:31; 33:13; so 1 Ch 25:2b, 3, 6(×2); עַל־יְדֵי דָוִיד 2 Ch 23:18 Ezr 3:10; עַל־יְדֵי כְּלִי דָוִיד 2 Ch 29:27 according to the guidance of the instruments of David; (3) by the side of, way עַל־יַד דֶּרֶךְ הַשַּׁעַר 2 S 15:2; river (היאר) עַל־יַד Ex 2:5 (E), Nu 13:29 (JE; ‖ עַל־הַיָּם), Je 46:6 Dn 10:4; city Jos 15:46 (JE); person (= in the company of) 2 S 15:18; people 2 Ch 21:16; especially late עַל־יַד next to (in a series) 17:15, 16, 18; 31:15 Ne 3:2(×2) + 13 times Ne 3, 13:13; עַל־יְדֵי by the side of Ju 11:26; people (אדום) עַל־יְדֵי Nu 34:3 (P), 1 Ch 7:29; cattle Jb 1:14; הֶעֱמִיד עַל־יְדֵי שִׁיר 1 Ch 6:16 he stationed them by the side of song, i.e. to watch over the singing. e.g. Genesis 42:37
- i. תַּחַת יַד under the hand = in the possession, at the disposal of; וְאִין יֶשׁ־פֹּה תַֿחַת־יָֽדְךָ חֲנִית וגו׳ 1 S 21:9; = in the power of, subject to Is 3:6 come, thou shalt be our ruler and this ruin under thy hand; pl. sq. vb., וְהִתְעַנִּי תַּחַת יָדֶיהָ Gn 16:9 (J) and submit thyself under her hands, her authority, Is 3:6.—מִתַּחַת יַד v. g. (1) supr., and sub תַּחַת. for מִתַּחַת יַד, 2 K 8:20, 22 (= 2 Ch 21:8, 10), 13:5; 17:7. e.g. 1 Samuel 21:9
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Word origin
n.f. Gn 25:26 + often (m. †Ex 17:12 †v. Di; on יִרְפּוּ יָדַיִם 2 S 4:1 Zp 3:16 2 Ch 15:7 Ne 6:9, v. Ges§ 145. 7 a, R. 1) hand (NH id.; Aramaic יְדָא, ܐܻܝܕܳܐ; Zinj. יד DHMSendsch. Gloss.; Arabic يَدٌّ; Sab. יד DHMZMG 1883, 343 Mordt ib. 1879, 492; Ethiopic እድ (v. LagBN 22); Sam. ࠀࠃ; Assyrian idu, hand, strength COTGloss.; der. by most from √ ל״י, on ground of pl. and sf. forms in cogn. lang., v. especially Philippi ZMG 1878, 74 Ba ZMG 1887, 637, but no trace of final י or ו in Heb., and meaning of such √ ל״י not clear; Thes al. from ידה extend, throw, but this in Arabic Ethiopic פ״ו, not פ״י, cf. Heb. Hiph.; Philippi comp. Arabic يَدَى iv. strengthen;—Sta§ 182, 183 regards יד as bilit.)—abs. יָד Gn 38:28 +; cstr. יַד 41:35 +; sf. יָדִי 14:22 +; יָֽדְךָ 22:12 +; יָֽדְכָה Ex 13:16; יֶדְכֶם Gn 9:2 +; יֶדְכֶן Ez 13:21(×2), 23, etc.; du. יָדַיִם Gn 34:21 +; cstr. יְדֵי 24:30 +; וִידֵי Ex 15:17 +, etc.; fpl. (in fig. senses) abs. יָדוֹת Gn 43:34 + 8 times; יָדֹת 47:24 + 2 times; cstr. וִידוֹת 1 K 7:32; sf. יְדֹתָיו Ex 26:19(×2) + 2 times; יְדֹתֶיהָ 1 K 7:35, 36; יְדוֹתָם 1 K 7:33;—
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Origin: a primitive word
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יָד
- f. (rarely m.) (b. h.;
- 1. hand; forefoot; handle. Ex. R. s. 42, end מיד ליד from hand to hand, directly, opp. ע"י שלוחו through his messenger.—י׳ רחבה a wide hand, liberality. Y. Ḥag. I, 76ᶜ top עני ויָדוֹ ר׳ a poor man who is liberal, opp. י׳ מעוטה stingy.—Ḥull. 58ᵇ, a. fr. בְּיָד on the forefoot (of a quadruped).—Ukts. I, 1 כל שהוא יד ולא שזמר whatever part of a fruit serves as a handle (as the stem) and not as a protector (as the shell of a nut &c.). Kel. XXIX, 4 יַד הקורדום the handle of an ax; a. v. fr.—Cant. R. to I, 4 לא חלתה יד ליד hand does not fit hand, i.e. the two cases are incongruous.—Trnsf. an intimation, an incomplete statement intelligible from context, surroundings &c. Y. Ned. I, 36ᵈ top תופסין אותו משם יד לקרבן we make him responsible because what he said is suggestive of the word korban (as a vow); a. fr.—Du. יָדַיִם; pl. יָדוֹת. Yad. I, 1 נותנין לי׳ is required for pouring on the hands. Ib. II, 3 הי׳ מטמאות וכ׳ hands (when being washed) become unclean or clean up to the wrist; a. v. fr.—י׳ יפות, v. יָפֶה.—Ned. 2ᵇ ידות נדרים (or ידות) suggestions of vows, contrad. to כינויים, v. כִּינּוּי. Ib. 5ᵇ, a. fr. י׳ שאין מוכיחות לא הויין י׳ suggestions which are not beyond doubt, are no (binding) suggestions; a. fr.
- 2. power, authority, possession, share. B. Mets. 70ᵇ, v. אֶמְצַע. Kidd. 3ᵇ קטנה דלית לה יד וכ׳ a minor who cannot accept a betrothal for herself. Ned. 88ᵇ יד אשה כיד בעלה the wife’s possession is her husband’s possession. Kidd. 23ᵃ גיטו ויָדוֹ באים כאחד his letter of manumission and his right of self-disposal come simultaneously. Yeb. 39ᵃ; Keth. 83ᵃ ידו כיָדָהּ the husband’s right of disposal is as great as the wife’s (concerning what belongs to her); ידו עדיפא מידה his rights are stronger than hers. B. Mets. VI, 2 יָדָן על התחתונה their rights are the lowest, i.e. they are responsible for losses but can derive no benefits from favorable chances; ib. כל המשנה ידו על התחתונה וכ׳ whichever side changes the agreement is at a disadvantage, and whichever side breaks the agreement &c.; a. v. fr.—Du. יָדַיִם, constr. יְדֵי. Ab. Zar. 41ᵇ, a. e. מִירֵי ודאי, v. וַדַּאי.—יְדֵי חובתו, v. יָצָא.
- 3. portion, part.—Pl. יָדוֹת. Tosef. Men. IX, 10 שתי י׳ two thirds; a. fr.—מִיַּד (= מיד ליד) at once, directly, immediately. Tosef. Dem. VIII, 7, v. חָלַל Hif.—Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵃ מיד כל מי וכ׳ presently, every one whose Passover offering was a lamb &c.; a. v. fr.— עַל יַד, על יְדֵי (abbr. ע"י) through, by means of. Gitt. 40ᵇ שמא זיכה לו ע"י אחר he may have benefitted him (given him his liberty) through the agency of another person (without the slave’s knowledge). Nidd. I, 1 מעת לעת ממעטת ע"ו וכ׳ the period of twenty four hours is modified by the interval between one examination and the other (if that interval is less than twenty four hours); a. v. fr.—על ידי ש־ because. Lev. R. s. 32 ע"י שגדרו וכ׳ because the Israelites guarded themselves against unchastity, they were redeemed; a. v. fr.—עַל יָד עַל יָד gradually, little by little. B. Kam. 80ᵃ (opp. מיד); Tosef. ib. VIII, 15. Par. VIII, 7 Hai G. (ed. only once ע"י).—כלאחר יד, v. אַחַי.—יָדַיִם Yadayim, name of a treatise of the Mishnah and Tosefta, of the Order of Tohăroth, containing the laws of levitical cleanness or uncleanness of the hands.
יַד
- Targ. Num. XXXV, 17; a. fr.—V. אִידָא.—Kidd. 30ᵃ top אַדְּיָדָךְ על וכ׳ while thy hand yet rests on thy son’s neck (as long as you have control over him). Ab. Zar. 15ᵃ אַיָּדָא דספסירא (= h. על ידי) through an agent; a. fr.—Pl. יָדִין, יָדַיָּא. Targ. Ez. XXI, 12 (ed. Wil. יְדֵין). Targ. Is. XIII, 7; a. fr.—עַל יַד, על יְדֵי, v. preced. Targ. Ps. LXXXIX, 20. Targ. Y. Num. XXXIII, 1; a. fr.—על יְדֵי ד־ = h. ע"י ש־. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLIV, 18.—מִן יַד, מִיַּד, v. preced. Targ. Y. Gen. I, 3. Targ. Ps. LIX, 12; a. e.
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Forms in the corpus
The 463 distinct written forms H3027 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 403 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3027, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,354 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,446 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:22
- Exodus 2:5
- Leviticus 1:4
- Numbers 2:17
- Deuteronomy 1:25
- Joshua 2:19
- Judges 1:2
- Ruth 1:13
- 1 Samuel 2:13
- 2 Samuel 1:14
- 1 Kings 2:25
- 2 Kings 3:10
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