To use, hold out, extend the hand. To revere/worship. From (yad), an open hand indicating power (as opposed to the closed hand).

Ge. 29:35 ‘Now I will praise the Lord’.

Le. 26:40 ‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers…’

Ps. 32:5 ‘I acknowledge my sin to Thee, and my iniquity I did not hide; I said "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord".’

1 Ch. 16:4 ‘And he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel.’

2 Ch. 5:13 ‘And they are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the Lord, and likewise at evening.’

2 Sa. 22:50 ‘Therefore I will give thanks to Thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing praises to Thy name.’

1 Ch. 16:34 ‘O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for his lovingkindness is everlasting.’

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