Yodh

//jɒd// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
  2. 2
    the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet wordnet
  3. 3
    A tool used to read a Torah.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יו״ד (yo"d, “name of the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”). That letter is used also in other Semitic alphabets; it represents the voiced palatal approximant /j/. Doublet of iota, jot, and yod.

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