yodh

English

Alternative forms

jod, jodh, yod, yud

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”).
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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɒd/, /jəʊd/

Noun

yodh (plural yodhs)

The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
A tool used to read a torah.

Translations

Semitic letter

Catalan: iod (ca) f
Finnish: jod (fi)
German: Jod (de) n, Jud (de) n
Hebrew: יוֹד‎ (he) (yod), יוּד‎ (he) (yud) (colloquial)

Latin: ioth n
Spanish: yod (es) f
Yiddish: יוד‎ m or f (yud)

tool used to read a torah

See also

yodh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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