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Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew יו״ד, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”).
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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.
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