יַד
yad · yad
{a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3027 (יָד)
{a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hand, power.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hands2 · 12%
- of the hand2 · 12%
- in their hands1 · 6%
- into the hand1 · 6%
- to their hand1 · 6%
- which is in thine hand1 · 6%
- that is in thine hand1 · 6%
- into thine hand1 · 6%
- my hands1 · 6%
- thine hand1 · 6%
- his hand1 · 6%
- hand1 · 6%
- in whose hand1 · 6%
- the power1 · 6%
- into his hand1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.