To stretch out one's hand to/ lend a hand to
He stretched out his hand in front of me. He stretched out his hand in front of me. In a question: Help. Help.
("Rabbi Oshaya attacks her: "Did he not stretch out his hand to the basket to take a handful of wheat, and she lifted up a handful of barley in her hand - did she strike the ravens with her hands?" - Hagiga 21, and so: "A direction that is flawed in it requires one to exert oneself twice to stretch out his hand to the poor" - Panim Yafot Deverim, chapter 12, 7)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הוֹשִׁיט יָד
Definition (Hebrew)
פָּשַׁט קָדִימָה אֶת יָדוֹ.שָׁלַח אֶת יָדוֹ לִפְנֵי. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: סִיֵּעַ. תָּמַךְ.
("מַתְקֵף לַהּ רַבִּי אוֹשַׁעְיָא: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה, הוֹשִׁיט יָדוֹ לַסַּל לִטּוֹל פַּת חִטִּין וְעָלְתָה בְּיָדוֹ פַּת שְׂעוֹרִים- הָכֵי נָמֵי דְּנַטְמָאת?"- חֲגִיגָה כ ע"א, וְכֵן:"כֵּיוָן שֶׁפָּגַם בָּהּ צָרִיךְ לְהִתְאַמֵּץ בעה"ב לְהוֹשִׁיט יָדוֹ אֶל הֶעָנִי"- פָּנִים יָפוֹת דְּבָרִים פֶּרֶק טוּ ז)