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יָד

yadhandHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun1,617 occurrences36 books1,445 verses

Definition

a primitive word; a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
Traditional renderings: ( be) able, × about, armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, × bounty, broad, (broken-) handed, × by, charge, coast, consecrate, creditor, custody, debt, dominion, × enough, fellowship, force, × from, hand(-staves, -y work), × he, himself, × in, labour, large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, × mine, ministry, near, × of, × order, ordinance, × our, parts, pain, power, × presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, swear, terror, × thee, × by them, × themselves, × thine own, × thou, through, × throwing, thumb, times, × to, × under, × us, × wait on, (way-) side, where, wide, × with (him, me, you), work, yield, × yourselves.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,617 total
  1. Genesis 3:22יָד֗וֹ · his hand
    Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
  2. Genesis 4:11מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃ · from your hand
    Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
  3. Genesis 5:29יָדֵ֔ינוּ · of our hands
    And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
  4. Genesis 8:9יָדוֹ֙ · his hand
    But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
  5. Genesis 9:2בְּיֶדְכֶ֥ם · into your hand
    The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
  6. Genesis 9:5מִיַּ֥ד; וּמִיַּ֣ד; מִיַּד֙ · by whose hand
    And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
  7. Genesis 14:20בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ · into your hand
    …and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
  8. Genesis 14:22יָדִ֤י · my hand
    But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
  9. Genesis 16:6בְּיָדֵ֔ךְ · is in your hands
    “Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
  10. Genesis 16:9יָדֶֽיהָ׃
    So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
  11. Genesis 16:12יָד֣וֹ · and his hand; וְיַ֥ד · hand
    He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
  12. Genesis 19:10יָדָ֔ם
    But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.
  13. Genesis 19:16בְּיָד֣וֹ · his hand; וּבְיַד־ · and the hands; וּבְיַד֙ · and
    But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
  14. Genesis 21:18יָדֵ֖ךְ · by the hand
    Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
  15. Genesis 21:30מִיָּדִ֑י · from my hand
    He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
  16. Genesis 22:6בְּיָד֔וֹ
    Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
  17. Genesis 22:10יָד֔וֹ · his hand
    Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
  18. Genesis 22:12יָֽדְךָ֙ · a hand
    “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
  19. Genesis 24:2יָדְךָ֖ · your hand
    So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
  20. Genesis 24:9יָד֔וֹ · his hand
    So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
  21. Genesis 24:10בְּיָד֑וֹ · in hand
    Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
  22. Genesis 24:18יָדָ֖הּ · her hands
    “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
  23. Genesis 24:22יָדֶ֔יהָ · her wrists
    And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
  24. Genesis 24:30יְדֵ֣י · wrists
    As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
  25. Genesis 24:47יָדֶֽיהָ׃ · her wrists
    Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
  26. Genesis 25:26וְיָד֤וֹ
    After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
  27. Genesis 27:16יָדָ֑יו · his hands
    She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
  28. Genesis 27:17בְּיַ֖ד
    Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
  29. Genesis 27:22וְהַיָּדַ֖יִם · but the hands; יְדֵ֥י · are the hands
    So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
  30. Genesis 27:23יָדָ֗יו · his hands; כִּידֵ֛י · like those
    Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
  31. Genesis 30:35בְּיַד־ · under the care
    That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
  32. Genesis 31:29יָדִ֔י
    I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
  33. Genesis 31:39מִיָּדִ֖י · payment from me
    I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
  34. Genesis 32:11מִיַּ֥ד · from the hand; מִיַּ֣ד
    Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
  35. Genesis 32:13בְיָד֛וֹ · with him
    Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
  36. Genesis 32:16בְּיַד־
    He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
  37. Genesis 33:10מִיָּדִ֑י · from my hand
    But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
  38. Genesis 33:19מִיַּ֥ד · from
    And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
  39. Genesis 34:21יָדַ֖יִם
    “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
  40. Genesis 35:4בְּיָדָ֔ם
    So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
  41. Genesis 37:21מִיָּדָ֑ם · from their hands
    When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
  42. Genesis 37:22וְיָ֖ד · a hand
    “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.