אות

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־ו־ת (ʾ-w-t)

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

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /(ʔ)ot/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Ashkenazi Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɔs/, /ɔɪs/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Yemenite Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʔøθ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Tiberian" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʔoθ/
  • Lua error in Module:accent_qualifier at line 34: Parameter 2 is required. IPA(key): /ʔoːt/, [ʔoːθ]

Noun

אוֹת (otm (plural indefinite אוֹתוֹת)

  1. a sign, an omen
    • Tanach, Exodus 31:17:
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      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

Noun

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

References

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

Further reading

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew אות (ot).

Pronunciation

Noun

אות (osm or n, plural אותיות (oysyes)

  1. letter (symbol used for writing)