אות

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
א־ו־ת (ʾ-w-t)

From Proto-Semitic *awayat-, cognate with Aramaic אתא (ʾāṯāh, sign) and Arabic آية (ʔāya, sign).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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אוֹת (otm (plural indefinite אוֹתוֹת)

  1. a sign, an omen
    • Tanach, Exodus 31:17, with translation of HE:
      בֵּינִי וּבֵין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אוֹת הִוא לְעֹלָם:
      bēnī ū-vēn bənē yiśrāʾēl ʾōṯ hī lə-ʿōlām.
      It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever.
  2. a signal, a cue

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Noun

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אוֹת (otf (plural indefinite אוֹתִיּוֹת)

  1. letter (symbol)
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 6:3:
      הַלּוֹמֵד מֵחֲבֵרוֹ פֶּרֶק אֶחָד אוֹ הֲלָכָה אַחַת אוֹ פָסוּק אֶחָד אוֹ דִבּוּר אֶחָד אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ אוֹת אַחַת, צָרִיךְ לִנְהוֹג בּוֹ כָבוֹד
      Hal-lōmēḏ mē-ḥăvērō pereq ʾeḥāḏ ʾō hălāḵā ʾaḥaṯ ʾō fāsūq ʾeḥāḏ ʾō ḏibbūr ʾeḥāḏ ʾō ʾǎfillū ʾōṯ ʾaḥaṯ, ṣārīḵ li-nhōḡ bō ḵāvōḏ.
      Whoever learns from his fellow one chapter or one halakha or one verse or one word, or even one letter, should treat him with respect.

Derived terms

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References

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  • אות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew אות (ot).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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אות (osm or n, plural אותיות (oysyes)

  1. letter (symbol used for writing)
    זאָגן די אותיות פֿוןzogn di oysyes funto spell (a word) (literally, “name the letters”)

Further reading

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  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אויסלייג”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 781
  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אות”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 765