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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. Exodus 4:2בְיָדֶ֑ךָ · in your hand
    And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
  2. Exodus 4:4יָֽדְךָ֔ · your hand; יָדוֹ֙ · his hand
    “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
  3. Exodus 4:6יָֽדְךָ֙ · your hand; יָד֖וֹ · his hand; יָד֖וֹ · his hand
    Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
  4. Exodus 4:7יָֽדְךָ֙ · Put your hand; יָד֖וֹ · So [Moses] put his hand
    “Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
  5. Exodus 4:13בְּיַד־ · someone else
    But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
  6. Exodus 4:17בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ · in your hand
    But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
  7. Exodus 4:20בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ · in his hand
    So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
  8. Exodus 4:21בְיָדֶ֔ךָ · within your power
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  9. Exodus 5:21בְּיָדָ֖ם · in their hand
    “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
  10. Exodus 6:1בְיָ֤ד · hand; וּבְיָ֣ד · hand
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
  11. Exodus 6:8יָדִ֔י
    And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
  12. Exodus 7:4יָדִ֖י · My hand
    Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
  13. Exodus 7:5יָדִ֖י · My hand
    And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
  14. Exodus 7:15בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃ · in your hand
    Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
  15. Exodus 7:17בְּיָדִ֗י · in my hand
    This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
  16. Exodus 7:19יָדְךָ֩ · your hand
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
  17. Exodus 8:5יָדְךָ֙ · your hand
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
  18. Exodus 8:6יָד֔וֹ · his hand
    So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
  19. Exodus 8:17יָד֤וֹ · his hand
    This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
  20. Exodus 9:3יַד־ · the hand
    …then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
  21. Exodus 9:15יָדִ֔י · My hand
    For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
  22. Exodus 9:22יָֽדְךָ֙ · your hand
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
  23. Exodus 9:35בְּיַד־ · through
    So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
  24. Exodus 10:12יָדְךָ֜ · your hand
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”
  25. Exodus 10:21יָֽדְךָ֙ · your hand
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
  26. Exodus 10:22יָד֖וֹ · his hand
    So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
  27. Exodus 10:25בְּיָדֵ֖נוּ · with
    But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
  28. Exodus 12:11בְּיֶדְכֶ֑ם · in your hand
    This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
  29. Exodus 13:3יָ֔ד · of His hand
    So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
  30. Exodus 13:9יָדְךָ֗ · your hand; בְּיָ֣ד · hand
    It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
  31. Exodus 13:14יָ֗ד · hand
    In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  32. Exodus 13:16יָ֣דְכָ֔ה · your hand; יָ֔ד · hand
    So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
  33. Exodus 14:8בְּיָ֥ד · defiantly
    And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.
  34. Exodus 14:16יָדְךָ֛ · your hand
    And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
  35. Exodus 14:21יָדוֹ֮ · his hand
    Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
  36. Exodus 14:26יָדְךָ֖ · your hand
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
  37. Exodus 14:27יָד֜וֹ · his hand
    So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
  38. Exodus 14:30מִיַּ֣ד · from the hand
    That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
  39. Exodus 14:31הַיָּ֣ד · power
    When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
  40. Exodus 15:9יָדִֽי׃ · my hand
    The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
  41. Exodus 15:17יָדֶֽיךָ׃ · Your hands
    You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
  42. Exodus 15:20בְּיָדָ֑הּ · in her hand
    Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
  43. Exodus 16:3בְיַד־ · hand
    “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”