Hebrew

Alternative forms

• על־יד

Preposition

עַל יַד־ • ‎(al yad)

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

     וְנַעֲרֹתֶיהָ הֹלְכֹת עַל יַד הַיְאֹר‎

     while her young women walked beside the river

   • 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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   • 1 Chronicles 29:8

     וְהַנִּמְצָא אִתּוֹ אֲבָנִים נָתְנוּ לְאוֹצַר בֵּית יהוה עַל יַד יְחִיאֵל הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי‎

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. Used other than as an idiom: see על,‎ יד.

Synonyms

• לְיַד־

See also

• על ידי