Etymology of yodh

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noun

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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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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Borrowed-form mentionיו״דhe
Derivation mention*yad-sem-pro · hand
Doublet mentioniotaen
Doublet mentionjoten
Doublet mentionyoden

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