אזלת יד

• (proscribed) אוזלת יד (ozlát yad)

אָזְלַת יָד • (azlát yad) f

1. helplessness, powerlessness, incompetence - lack of strength or ability to do something
   • 1903, Hayim Nahman Bialik, On the Slaughter 5–7:

     אֲנִי – לִבִּי מֵת וְאֵין עוֹד תְּפִלָּה בִּשְׂפָתָי, \ וּכְבָר אָזְלַת יָד אַף-אֵין תִּקְוָה עוֹד – \ עַד-מָתַי, עַד-אָנָה, עַד-מָתָי?

     I—my heart is dead and there’s no prayer left in my lips / and no strength and no hope any longer— / how long, and until when, just how much longer?

The alternative form stems from Modern Hebrew speakers' reanalysis of the uncommon verb form אלזת as a construct state.