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yād יָד ‘hand’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive word

yād n, f
1) hand
 1a) hand (of man)
 1b) strength, power (fig.)
 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
 1d) (various special, technical senses)
  1d1) sign, monument
  1d2) part, fractional part, share
  1d3) time, repetition
  1d4) axle-trees, axle
  1d5) stays, support (for laver)
  1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
  1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
  1d8) wrists

Mentioned in Genesis 27:22, 31:29, 33:19, 37:22, 42:37, 44:17, 48:17, 49:8, 49:24, 22:6, 22:10, 24:2, 24:9, 14:22, 16:6, 24:10, 24:18, 39:3, 39:8, 44:16, 3:22, 9:5, 16:12, 4:11, 5:29, 9:2, 43:12, 35:4, 25:26, 27:23, 32:12, 32:14, 37:27, 38:29, 38:30, 48:22, 24:30, 43:22, 39:23, 19:10, 19:16, 24:22, 34:21, 39:1, 41:44, 43:15, 43:21, 39:6, 47:24, 41:35, 22:12, 33:10, 47:29, 14:20, 8:9, 16:9, 31:39, 32:17, 38:18, 40:11, 43:9, 43:34, 21:30, 24:47, 37:21, 38:28, 39:12, 46:4, 39:22, 48:14, 43:26, 38:20, 27:17, 30:35, 40:13, 21:18, 27:16, 39:4, 41:42, 39:13 Exodus 7:19, 17:12, 34:4, 29:9, 6:8, 8:1, 8:13, 9:22, 26:19, 36:24, 4:13, 15:17, 29:10, 8:2, 15:20, 28:41, 29:15, 29:19, 29:20, 29:29, 29:35, 30:19, 38:21, 40:31, 19:13, 21:20, 4:17, 13:9, 13:16, 32:29, 26:17, 36:22, 4:4, 3:20, 14:8, 15:9, 2:19, 17:9, 21:16, 35:29, 14:27, 10:12, 12:11, 13:3, 16:3, 24:11, 29:33, 23:1, 3:8, 4:2, 4:7, 4:21, 5:21, 6:1, 7:4, 7:15, 10:21, 13:14, 14:26, 17:5, 22:7, 32:19, 32:4, 4:20, 10:25, 21:13, 32:11, 22:3, 22:10, 2:5, 14:31, 4:6, 7:17, 17:16, 18:10, 3:19, 7:5, 10:22, 35:25, 9:15, 23:31, 29:25, 9:3, 9:35, 17:11, 18:9, 14:16, 14:21, 14:30, 34:29, 30:21, 32:15, 21:24 Codex Leviticus 16:32, 3:2, 3:8, 3:13, 4:4, 8:33, 8:14, 8:18, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:36, 9:22, 16:21, 5:7, 5:11, 5:21, 12:8, 14:22, 14:30, 21:19, 25:14, 25:47, 25:49, 14:14, 14:17, 14:25, 14:28, 21:10, 25:35, 14:21, 14:31, 25:28, 26:25, 25:26, 10:11, 24:14, 22:25, 26:46, 27:8, 7:30, 4:24, 4:33, 14:32, 15:11, 4:15, 4:29, 1:4 Numbers 24:24, 35:17, 20:20, 34:3, 2:17, 4:28, 4:33, 4:37, 3:3, 4:45, 7:8, 17:5, 25:7, 33:1, 35:18, 35:21, 15:30, 8:12, 4:49, 27:18, 31:49, 21:34, 5:25, 11:23, 14:30, 15:23, 22:7, 35:25, 36:13, 31:6, 21:2, 22:29, 13:29, 21:26, 22:31, 5:18, 6:21, 27:23, 8:10, 9:23, 20:11, 22:23, 33:3, 10:13 Deuteronomy 7:8, 13:18, 30:9, 7:24, 28:20, 2:30, 15:7, 15:11, 4:28, 10:3, 3:24, 9:26, 1:27, 4:34, 24:3, 28:12, 6:8, 7:19, 11:18, 26:8, 32:36, 15:2, 15:3, 23:21, 25:11, 19:5, 32:41, 31:29, 28:32, 13:10, 17:7, 21:10, 32:27, 14:29, 32:39, 16:17, 24:1, 27:15, 16:15, 12:7, 12:17, 12:18, 3:2, 1:25, 2:37, 14:25, 21:6, 32:40, 33:7, 34:9, 2:7, 3:3, 5:15, 11:2, 12:11, 15:10, 16:10, 20:13, 24:19, 26:4, 28:8, 6:21, 8:17, 21:7, 2:24, 3:8, 33:3, 9:15, 15:8, 34:12, 12:6, 19:12, 23:26, 33:11, 2:15, 23:13, 19:21, 9:17 Joshua 21:44, 7:7, 24:10, 22:31, 22:9, 8:20, 10:19, 20:5, 5:13, 10:6, 10:8, 8:1, 2:24, 6:2, 8:18, 9:11, 20:2, 21:2, 24:8, 24:11, 20:9, 21:8, 4:24, 8:7, 2:19, 8:19, 15:46, 8:26, 10:30, 10:32, 14:2, 9:26, 11:8, 9:25 Judges 3:4, 9:17, 14:6, 18:19, 9:16, 9:24, 9:29, 9:48, 20:16, 19:27, 1:6, 1:7, 3:15, 3:21, 4:21, 7:8, 20:28, 8:3, 17:5, 3:28, 4:14, 7:11, 2:14, 2:18, 8:34, 16:23, 16:24, 1:35, 7:14, 12:3, 18:10, 1:4, 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 7:19, 8:15, 8:22, 12:2, 15:15, 6:21, 4:7, 6:36, 7:2, 7:9, 7:15, 9:33, 10:12, 11:32, 15:18, 16:18, 16:26, 2:23, 13:23, 11:21, 13:5, 17:3, 6:37, 11:30, 1:2, 4:9, 8:6, 8:7, 15:12, 15:13, 15:14, 3:8, 10:7, 13:1, 3:10, 11:26, 3:30, 6:9, 2:15, 4:2, 4:24, 6:2, 17:12, 6:1, 7:20, 15:17, 5:26, 2:16 1 Samuel 12:15, 14:27, 19:3, 23:17, 24:12, 22:17, 26:23, 25:39, 26:8, 26:9, 23:6, 17:40, 17:49, 17:50, 17:57, 16:16, 24:7, 24:11, 25:26, 26:18, 30:15, 4:8, 21:4, 21:9, 23:20, 6:5, 10:7, 14:10, 6:3, 17:22, 30:23, 11:7, 16:20, 27:1, 5:9, 14:12, 14:13, 14:37, 4:18, 12:10, 12:11, 18:25, 20:16, 24:5, 16:2, 14:26, 21:5, 2:13, 9:8, 9:16, 12:4, 14:34, 23:12, 18:17, 7:8, 5:4, 5:6, 7:3, 10:18, 12:5, 14:19, 14:43, 16:23, 17:37, 18:10, 18:21, 19:9, 21:14, 23:16, 28:15, 5:7, 5:11, 12:9, 17:46, 23:7, 23:11, 23:14, 6:9, 15:12, 23:4, 24:14, 25:35, 7:14, 22:6, 13:22, 24:19, 25:8, 25:33, 26:11, 28:17, 12:3, 14:48, 17:47, 24:16, 28:19, 7:13, 24:13, 24:21, 10:4 2 Samuel 3:8, 10:2, 13:5, 16:21, 24:17, 10:10, 18:2, 18:12, 20:10, 14:30, 15:2, 16:8, 18:18, 15:36, 3:12, 4:1, 4:12, 2:7, 14:19, 18:28, 18:31, 24:14, 11:14, 13:10, 20:9, 13:6, 18:19, 8:1, 23:10, 3:18, 1:14, 4:11, 8:10, 12:7, 15:5, 15:18, 19:44, 20:21, 21:20, 23:21, 5:19, 18:4, 24:16, 21:22, 3:34, 13:19, 17:2, 8:3, 12:25, 23:6, 22:21, 21:9, 22:35 1 Kings 8:15, 8:24, 8:53, 11:12, 11:27, 16:34, 22:6, 7:32, 7:33, 15:18, 18:9, 18:46, 20:13, 8:56, 12:15, 14:18, 15:29, 10:19, 13:33, 7:36, 13:4, 13:6, 20:28, 20:42, 22:34, 8:42, 14:3, 16:7, 16:12, 17:11, 20:6, 22:3, 22:15, 11:31, 17:16, 11:26, 7:35, 22:12, 10:29, 10:13, 11:34, 2:46, 11:35, 14:27, 2:25 2 Kings 3:13, 13:25, 14:5, 17:13, 19:18, 24:2, 5:18, 5:20, 9:7, 8:20, 8:22, 17:23, 19:23, 3:10, 13:5, 10:10, 3:11, 9:1, 9:23, 17:7, 22:17, 17:39, 21:14, 18:34, 9:36, 4:29, 7:2, 7:17, 8:8, 10:24, 11:8, 11:11, 18:33, 22:7, 18:29, 18:30, 19:10, 5:5, 5:11, 5:24, 8:9, 10:15, 11:7, 22:9, 14:25, 18:35, 19:19, 13:16, 15:19, 9:35, 12:16, 6:7, 21:10, 13:3, 17:20, 22:5, 3:18, 9:24, 12:12, 14:27, 19:14, 11:16, 19:26, 3:15 Isaiah 3:6, 22:21, 64:7, 37:19, 10:13, 19:4, 22:18, 33:21, 31:3, 45:12, 56:2, 11:14, 45:9, 9:16, 11:11, 28:2, 37:24, 49:22, 51:22, 57:8, 3:11, 42:6, 47:14, 50:11, 59:1, 6:6, 9:11, 65:2, 65:22, 66:14, 36:19, 1:15, 43:13, 50:2, 51:18, 64:6, 31:7, 36:18, 26:11, 36:15, 37:10, 8:11, 17:8, 23:11, 40:2, 48:13, 66:2, 36:20, 29:23, 37:20, 62:3, 2:8, 10:10, 53:10, 20:2, 35:3, 19:25, 44:5, 45:11, 51:16, 51:23, 57:10, 13:7, 10:14, 10:4, 5:25, 9:20, 10:5, 25:11, 14:26, 60:21, 19:16, 49:2, 51:17, 56:5, 5:12, 11:15, 37:14, 1:25, 1:12, 13:2, 37:27, 10:32, 41:20, 34:17, 11:8, 25:10, 47:6, 14:27 Jeremiah 31:32, 47:3, 20:13, 43:9, 32:43, 27:3, 32:25, 5:31, 20:4, 6:3, 10:9, 20:5, 38:11, 32:21, 36:14, 40:4, 29:21, 15:6, 26:24, 21:7, 25:6, 46:26, 1:16, 6:12, 18:4, 44:8, 19:7, 34:20, 34:21, 44:30, 21:12, 38:4, 38:5, 11:21, 18:21, 23:14, 38:10, 38:16, 39:17, 41:5, 41:9, 32:30, 22:3, 42:11, 46:6, 1:9, 21:4, 25:7, 25:15, 25:17, 25:28, 29:3, 32:36, 34:1, 34:2, 37:2, 38:12, 38:18, 38:19, 38:23, 50:1, 51:25, 27:6, 44:25, 22:24, 30:6, 6:9, 32:3, 32:28, 33:13, 37:17, 38:3, 39:11, 21:5, 26:14, 51:7, 21:10, 50:15, 22:25, 27:8, 32:24, 2:37, 6:24, 16:21, 31:11, 32:4, 34:3, 43:3, 50:43, 18:6, 15:17, 46:24, 48:37, 25:14, 10:3, 15:21 Ezekiel 18:17, 20:42, 47:14, 25:7, 25:16, 16:49, 7:27, 1:8, 10:8, 10:21, 14:13, 21:24, 23:42, 25:13, 28:9, 25:14, 13:9, 25:6, 34:27, 8:1, 13:18, 20:5, 20:33, 21:12, 23:28, 28:10, 30:10, 30:22, 34:10, 35:3, 36:7, 37:19, 38:17, 44:12, 23:9, 10:12, 9:1, 9:2, 37:17, 40:5, 48:1, 23:31, 40:1, 27:15, 35:5, 27:21, 46:5, 46:7, 46:11, 8:11, 18:8, 21:36, 23:45, 40:3, 47:3, 23:37, 31:11, 1:3, 2:9, 3:22, 8:3, 10:7, 20:6, 20:15, 20:28, 30:25, 33:22, 38:12, 17:18, 22:14, 3:18, 33:8, 6:14, 13:21, 13:22, 13:23, 14:9, 20:23, 30:12, 7:21, 20:34, 39:9, 3:20, 12:7, 20:22, 37:20, 39:21, 39:23, 11:9, 16:39, 21:16, 30:24, 33:6, 43:26, 37:1, 7:17, 16:27, 16:11, 3:14, 39:3 Hosea 2:12, 12:8, 13:14, 14:4, 12:11, 7:5 Joel 4:8 Amos 1:8, 7:7, 5:19, 9:2 Micah 2:1, 7:16, 5:8, 5:11, 5:12 Habakkuk 3:4, 3:10 Zephaniah 2:13, 2:15, 3:16, 1:4 Haggai 1:1, 2:1, 2:17, 1:3, 2:14 Zechariah 4:10, 11:6, 13:6, 2:5, 8:4, 14:13, 8:13, 4:9, 4:12, 8:9, 7:7, 7:12, 2:13, 13:7 Malachi 1:10, 2:13, 1:9, 1:1, 1:13 Psalms 82:4, 76:6, 123:2, 80:18, 115:4, 135:15, 77:3, 90:17, 97:10, 77:21, 141:9, 73:23, 139:10, 18:1, 21:9, 31:9, 31:16, 81:15, 106:10, 106:42, 138:7, 104:25, 140:5, 49:16, 75:9, 10:12, 36:12, 138:8, 19:2, 31:6, 149:6, 28:2, 28:5, 143:6, 68:32, 71:4, 95:7, 111:7, 89:22, 107:2, 141:6, 39:11, 58:3, 144:1, 95:4, 102:26, 26:10, 78:42, 88:6, 95:5, 144:11, 106:26, 134:2, 145:16, 10:14, 44:3, 109:27, 119:173, 17:14, 119:73, 127:4, 144:7, 18:21, 18:25, 55:21, 140:6, 89:14, 89:49, 106:41, 125:3, 28:4, 115:7, 143:5, 63:11, 104:28, 32:4, 18:35, 136:12, 74:11, 38:3, 22:21, 37:24, 8:7, 22:17, 37:33, 78:61, 89:26, 92:5, 121:5 Proverbs 31:20, 12:14, 18:21, 14:1, 1:24, 17:16, 3:27, 19:24, 26:15, 30:32, 21:1, 7:20, 16:5, 26:6, 6:17, 13:11, 30:28, 12:24, 31:31, 11:21, 6:10, 24:33, 26:9, 10:4, 6:5, 8:3, 21:25, 31:19 Job 30:2, 5:15, 34:20, 37:7, 11:14, 12:6, 35:7, 1:11, 2:5, 20:10, 17:9, 15:23, 1:14, 10:7, 12:10, 2:6, 30:24, 30:21, 1:12, 8:20, 15:25, 16:11, 27:11, 21:5, 12:9, 6:9, 19:21, 8:4, 9:24, 31:21, 31:25, 23:2, 14:15, 1:10, 34:19, 20:22, 9:33, 10:8, 27:22, 26:13, 5:18, 17:3, 21:16, 40:4, 4:3, 28:9, 29:20, 5:20, 5:12, 6:23, 31:27 Song of Songs 7:2, 5:5, 5:14, 5:4 Ruth 1:13, 4:9, 4:5 Lamentations 2:8, 1:14, 2:7, 4:2, 1:7, 1:17, 5:8, 3:3, 4:10, 5:6, 1:10, 4:6, 3:64, 5:12 Ecclesiastes 5:13, 2:24, 9:1, 11:6, 7:18, 2:11, 4:1, 9:10, 4:5, 5:5, 7:26, 5:14, 10:18 Esther 3:9, 3:13, 3:10, 9:15, 1:15, 2:21, 3:6, 6:2, 8:7, 8:10, 9:2, 9:16, 6:9, 2:3, 2:8, 2:14, 2:18, 5:2, 1:12, 9:10, 1:7 Daniel 11:41, 1:2, 9:15, 8:4, 8:7, 11:16, 12:7, 9:10, 10:4, 8:25, 11:42, 1:20, 10:10, 11:11 Ezra 9:7, 8:31, 8:33, 8:18, 7:9, 8:22, 10:19, 9:11, 6:22, 7:6, 7:28, 3:10, 4:4, 9:2, 1:6, 1:8, 8:26 Nehemiah 2:8, 6:5, 3:5, 10:30, 13:13, 3:4, 9:30, 5:5, 4:11, 11:1, 3:17, 9:28, 7:4, 3:7, 9:27, 13:21, 2:18, 8:6, 6:9, 9:15, 3:2, 9:24, 10:32, 1:10, 8:14, 9:14, 3:10, 3:8, 3:9, 3:12, 3:19, 11:24 1 Chronicles 21:17, 24:19, 25:3, 25:6, 19:11, 29:8, 26:28, 21:13, 5:10, 23:28, 16:7, 13:9, 18:1, 14:11, 11:23, 20:8, 11:3, 6:16, 7:29, 4:10, 5:20, 13:10, 14:10, 21:15, 22:18, 29:16, 29:14, 25:2, 4:40, 21:16, 5:41, 18:3, 29:12, 18:17, 29:24, 29:5, 28:19 2 Chronicles 6:4, 6:15, 20:6, 21:10, 24:24, 28:9, 30:8, 32:13, 32:14, 32:15, 33:8, 36:15, 30:6, 32:19, 21:8, 25:20, 13:9, 8:18, 31:13, 31:15, 35:6, 30:12, 9:18, 10:15, 34:25, 26:13, 18:5, 18:33, 23:7, 23:10, 30:16, 15:7, 6:32, 12:5, 12:7, 16:7, 18:14, 23:15, 24:11, 25:15, 34:9, 34:16, 13:8, 13:16, 24:13, 28:5, 32:17, 17:15, 17:16, 17:18, 18:11, 29:27, 29:31, 1:17, 32:22, 7:6, 21:16, 23:18, 34:10, 17:5, 29:23, 29:25, 34:14, 34:17, 36:17, 12:10, 26:19, 26:11, 16:8, 35:11

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