English Explanatory Dictionary

yodh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/jɒd/ /jəʊd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yodh.wav

Word forms

yodh yodhs jod jodh yod yud

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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