# יד
## Hebrew
### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”).

### Pronunciation

* (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /jaːd/, [jaːð]
* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ˈjɔːð/ [ˈjɔːð]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ˈjɔð/ [ˈjɔːð]
* (Persian Hebrew) IPA: /jɒd/
* (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA: /jad/
* (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA: /jad/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /jɔd/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /jad/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

יָד • (yád) f (dual indefinite ידיים / יָדַיִם, plural indefinite יָדוֹת, singular construct יַד־, dual construct יְדֵי־, plural construct יְדוֹת־)
* arm
* hand
* forelimb (anterior limb)
* (card games) hand
* (Judaism) yad (a pointer used in the ritual of Torah-reading)
* (soccer) hand foul
* power, strength, authority
    יָצָא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ ― yatsá y'dey khovató ― fulfilled his obligation
* handle
* monument (memorial structure), shrine

#### Usage notes

* The plural form יָדוֹת (yadót) is primarily for handles; the dual is used for body parts. Either may be used for the pointing implements.

#### Derived terms

* אָזְלַת יָד (az'lát yad)
* איבד את הידיים והרגליים / אִבֵּד אֶת הַיָּדַיִם וְהָרַגְלַיִם (literally “to lose one's hands and feet”)
* אֵין לוֹ יָד בַּדָּבָר (ein lo yad badavár, “to have no hand in the matter”)
* בָּא לְיָדוֹ (ba l'yadó, “to get a chance or an opportunity”, literally “to come to one's hand”)
* בְּהֶנֵף יָד (“with a wave of one's hand ; offhandedly”)
* בְּהֶשֵּׂג יָד (“available”, literally “with the reach of a hand”)
* בחוזק יד / בְּחֹזֶק יָד
* בְּיַד בַּרְזֶל (literally “with an iron hand”)
* בְּיָד חֲזָקָה (literally “with a strong hand”)
* בְּיָד קָשָׁה (literally “with a hard hand”)
* בְּיָד רְחָבָה (literally “with a wide hand”)
* בְּיָד רַכָּה (literally “with a soft hand”)
* בְּיָד רָמָה (literally “with an upper hand”)
* בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם (literally “with the hands of heaven”)
* בידיים ריקות / בְּיָדַיִם רֵיקוֹת (literally “with empty hands”)
* בְּמוֹ יָדָיו (“with one's own hands”)
* בִּקֵּשׁ אֶת יָדָהּ (“to propose a marriage”, literally “to request her hand”)
* בשתי ידיים / בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדַיִם (“by one's own”, literally “with two hands”)
* גָּבְרָה יָדוֹ (literally “one's hands became stronger”)
* דָּחָה בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדָיו (literally “to reject with one's two hands”)
* דחף ידיים / דָּחַף יָדַיִם (“to pet, to stroke”, literally “to push hands”)
* הוֹצִיא מִתַּחַת יָדוֹ (literally “to remove under one's hand”)
* הורדת ידיים / הוֹרָדַת יָדַיִם (“arm wrestling”)
* הוֹשִׁיט יָד (“to lend out a hand”)
* הִזְדַּמֵּן לְיָדָיו (literally “to become available to one's hands”)
* החליף ידיים / הֶחְלִיף יָדַיִם (“to change ownership”, literally “to change hands”)
* הַיָּד הַשְּׁחֹרָה (literally “the black hand”)
* יָדִית (yadít, “handle”)
* יְדָנִי (y'daní, “manual”, adjective)
* יָצָא יְדֵי חוֹבָה (yatsá y'dey khová, “to do the minimum needed”)
* כַּדּוּרְיָד (kaduryád)
* כְּתַב יָד (k'táv yád, “handwriting”)
* לְיַד (l'yád, “near, by, next to, alongside”)
* מִכָּל הַבָּא לַיָּד (mikol haba layad, “from what's available”, literally “from everything that comes to hand”)
* מִשְׁלַח יָד (mish'lákh yad)
* נטילת ידיים / נְטִילַת יָדַיִם (n'tilát yadáyim)
* עַל יַד (ál yád, “beside, near”)
* עַל־יְדֵי (ál y'dey, “by; by means of”)
* רחב ידיים / רְחַב יָדַיִם (r'kháv yadáyim)

#### Descendants

* → English: yad
* → Dutch: jat
** Dutch: jatten

#### See also

* אצבע f ('etsbá')
* רגל f (régel)

#### References

* H3027 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

### Anagrams

* די