על יד

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• על־יד

Preposition

עַל יַד־ • (al yad)

1. beside, near
   • Tanach, Exodus 2:5, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וְנַעֲרֹתֶיהָ הֹלְכֹת עַל יַד הַיְאֹר

     while her young women walked beside the river

   • Tanach, 2 Samuel 15:2, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְהִשְׁכִּים אַבְשָׁלוֹם וְעָמַד עַל יַד דֶּרֶךְ הַשָּׁעַר וַיְהִי כָּל הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לּוֹ רִיב לָבוֹא אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ לַמִּשְׁפָּט וַיִּקְרָא אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֵלָיו

     And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him

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   • Tanach, 1 Chronicles 29:8, with translation of the American Standard Version:

     וְהַנִּמְצָא אִתּוֹ אֲבָנִים נָתְנוּ לְאוֹצַר בֵּית יהוה עַל יַד יְחִיאֵל הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי

     And they with whom [precious] stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of Jehovah, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see על,‎ יד.

Synonyms

• לְיַד־

See also

• על ידי