Commentary for Isaiah 49:16

Behold on [My] hands Heb. עַל-כַּפַּיִם [lit. on hands]. I see you as though you are engraved on My hands, to see you and always to remember you. Another explanation is: עַל-כַּפַּיִם “from upon the clouds of glory.” Comp. (Job 36:32) “On the clouds (כַּפַּיִם) He covered the rain.”

I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands. According to the Gaon, the clouds are meant by the palms of my hand;²⁰Comp. Rashi ad locum (second explanation), and I. E. on Job 36:34. but I say it is an anthropomorphism, meaning: I shall see thee continually; the second part of the verse, the parallelism of which divides it into two similar halves, confirms the correctness of this explanation.