Lexical Definition

‎יַד‎ yad (yad) hand ^A:N-F
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎יָד‎

hand, power.

• {a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)}

1) hand
2) power (fig.)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: יָד

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יַד‎ noun feminine^{Dan 5:5} hand (see Biblical Hebrew); — construct ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ezra 5:12 +; emphatic ‎יְדָא‎ Dan 5:5; Dan 5:24 suffix ‎יְדִי‎ Dan 3:15, ‎יְדָךְ‎ vDan 3:17, ‎יְדֵהּ‎Ezra 6:12, ‎יֶדְהֹם‎ (K^{§ 53. 2. a})) Ezra 5:8, etc.; dual absolute ‎בִּידַ֫יִן‎ Dan 2:34; Dan 2:45 —

1. hand of man Dan 2:34; Dan 2:45; Ezra 5:8; Ezra 6:12, and (in vision) Dan 5:5 (twice in verse); Dan 5:24 figurative ‎בִּידָח‎ in thy possession Ezra 7:14; Ezra 7:25 figurative of God Ezra 4:32.

2. power, of man Dan 2:38; Dan 3:15; Dan 3:17; Dan 7:28; Ezra 5:12, of God Dan 5:23 of lion Dan 6:28* (al. paw).

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