yad

[ Sephardic Hebrew yahd; Ashkenazic Hebrew yawd ]

noun,plural ya·dim [Sephardic Hebrew yah-deem; Ashkenazic Hebrew yaw-dim]. /Sephardic Hebrew yɑˈdim; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈyɔ dɪm/. Hebrew.
  1. a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.

Origin of yad

1
yādh literally, hand

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yad

/ (jɑd) /


noun
  1. Judaism a hand-held pointer used for reading the sefer torah

Origin of yad

1
Hebrew

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