Yado al ha 'elyona (ידו על העליונה) means have the upper hand in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
יָדוֹ עַל הָעֶלְיוֹנָה
yado al ha 'elyona
word
In English
have the upper hand
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Yado al ha 'elyona.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1גבר על יריבו בתחרות או בעימות.
The word Yado al ha 'elyona is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- יָדוֹ עַל הָעֶלְיוֹנָה
- Written without vowel points
- ידו על העליונה
- Said
- yado al ha 'elyona
- Root
- י־ד־ד
- Feminine form
- יָדָהּ עַל הָעֶלְיוֹנָה ר' יָדָם עַל הָעֶלְיוֹנָה
- Inflections
- נ' יָדָהּ עַל הָעֶלְיוֹנָה ר' יָדָם עַל הָעֶלְיוֹנָה
- Gematria
- 296
This is how Yado al ha 'elyona is said in other languages.
- English
- have the upper hand
These words mean the opposite of Yado al ha 'elyona.
- ידו על התחתונה
- מפסיד
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The word Yado al ha 'elyona comes from the root י־ד־ד, like these words.
These words come before and after Yado al ha 'elyona in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yado al ha 'elyona.
What does Yado al ha 'elyona (ידו על העליונה) mean in Hebrew?
Yado al ha 'elyona (ידו על העליונה) means have the upper hand. It is said yado al ha 'elyona, with the stress on do.
What is the opposite of Yado al ha 'elyona (ידו על העליונה)?
Words that mean the opposite of Yado al ha 'elyona (ידו על העליונה) are ידו על התחתונה and מפסיד.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ידו על העליונה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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