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יד
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Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”).
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /jaːd/, [jaːð]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈjɔːð/ [ˈjɔːð]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈjɔð/ [ˈjɔːð]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /jɒd/
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /jad/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /jad/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /jɔd/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /jad/
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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.
Declension
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)
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