yodh

English

Alternative forms

• jod, jodh, yud, yod

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /jɒd/, /jəʊd/

Noun

yodh (plural yodhs)

1. The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
2. 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, f (yud)

tool used to read a torah

See also

• yodh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia