יָד
yâd · yawd · noun · “hand, power”
Jad heißt Hand — und in der hebräischen Bibel im weiteren Sinn Macht, Autorität und rettendes Handeln. „Die Hand des HERRN“ ist ein lebendiges Bild seines Wirkens in der Welt.
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Yad means hand, the body part — and from there, power, agency, and what someone does. To be “in the hand of” another is to be under their power.
The Old Testament loves the picture of God’s yad: a mighty hand bringing Israel out of Egypt, a sustaining hand upholding the righteous, an outstretched hand still pleading with a wayward people.
Definition: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
KJV usage: ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).