This entry represents a scribal variant or textual corruption in 1 Samuel 4:13. The Ketiv (written text) reads יך but the Qere (read aloud) corrects to יָד ('hand'). Such Ketiv-Qere notations preserve both the received consonantal text and the traditional reading, allowing scholars to track scribal variations. In this case, the correction is straightforward: a letter was likely miscopied, and the Qere restores the intended word 'hand.'