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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. Leviticus 25:49יָד֖וֹ
    …either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
  2. Leviticus 26:25בְּיַד־ · into the hand
    And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
  3. Leviticus 26:46בְּיַד־ · through
    These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.
  4. Leviticus 27:8יַ֣ד
    But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
  5. Numbers 2:17יָד֖וֹ · his own place
    In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.
  6. Numbers 3:3יָדָ֖ם
    These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
  7. Numbers 4:28בְּיַד֙ · shall be under the direction
    This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
  8. Numbers 4:33בְּיַד֙ · under the direction
    This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
  9. Numbers 4:37בְּיַד־ · through
    These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
  10. Numbers 4:45בְּיַד־ · through
    These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses.
  11. Numbers 4:49בְּיַד־ · through
    At the LORD’s command through Moses they were numbered, and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  12. Numbers 5:18וּבְיַ֤ד · to hold
    After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.
  13. Numbers 5:25מִיַּ֣ד · hand
    The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.
  14. Numbers 6:21יָד֑וֹ
    This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD for his separation, in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes, according to the law of his separation.”
  15. Numbers 7:8בְּיַד֙ · all under the direction
    …and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
  16. Numbers 8:10יְדֵיהֶ֖ם · their hands
    You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
  17. Numbers 8:12יְדֵיהֶ֔ם · their hands
    And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
  18. Numbers 9:23בְּיַד־ · through
    They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.
  19. Numbers 10:13בְּיַד־ · through
    They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
  20. Numbers 11:23הֲיַ֥ד · arm
    The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
  21. Numbers 13:29יַ֥ד
    The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
  22. Numbers 14:30יָדִ֔י
    Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
  23. Numbers 15:23בְּיַד־ · you through
    …all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—
  24. Numbers 15:30בְּיָ֣ד · sins defiantly
    But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
  25. Numbers 16:40בְּיַד־ · through
    …just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.
  26. Numbers 20:11יָד֗וֹ · his hand
    Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
  27. Numbers 20:20וּבְיָ֥ד · hand
    But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.
  28. Numbers 21:2בְּיָדִ֔י · into our hands
    So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”
  29. Numbers 21:26מִיָּד֖וֹ
    Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
  30. Numbers 21:34בְיָדְךָ֞ · into your hand
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
  31. Numbers 22:7בְּיָדָ֑ם · in hand
    The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
  32. Numbers 22:23בְּיָד֔וֹ · in his hand
    When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.
  33. Numbers 22:29בְּיָדִ֔י · in my hand
    Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”
  34. Numbers 22:31בְּיָד֑וֹ · in his hand
    Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.
  35. Numbers 24:24מִיַּ֣ד · [will come] from the coasts
    Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
  36. Numbers 25:7בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ · in his hand
    On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,
  37. Numbers 27:18יָדְךָ֖ · your hands
    And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
  38. Numbers 27:23יָדָ֛יו · his hands; בְּיַד־ · through
    …and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.
  39. Numbers 31:6בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ · who took with him
    And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
  40. Numbers 31:49בְּיָדֵ֑נוּ · under our command
    …and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
  41. Numbers 33:1בְּיַד־ · under the leadership
    These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
  42. Numbers 33:3בְּיָ֣ד · defiantly
    On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
  43. Numbers 34:3יְדֵ֣י · the border
    Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
  44. Numbers 35:17יָד֩ · anyone has in his hand
    Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
  45. Numbers 35:18יָד֩ · anyone has in his hand
    If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
  46. Numbers 35:21בְיָדוֹ֙ · with his hand
    …or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
  47. Numbers 35:25מִיַּד֮ · from the hand
    The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
  48. Numbers 36:13בְּיַד־ · through
    These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  49. Deuteronomy 1:25בְיָדָם֙ · in their hands
    They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”