yad

American  

[yahd, yawd] / yɑd, yɔd /

noun

Hebrew.

yadim plural

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.

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yad British  

/ jɑd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of yad

yādh literally, hand

Example Sentences

As for that supposed weapon, it was a yad, a thin rod with a tip shaped like a pointing hand, which is used to follow the handwritten text on a Torah scroll.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2013

From the door, I see Father chanting from the Torah, being careful not to touch the Hebrew words with his fingers, since the silver yad, the pointer, was stolen in Toledo.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

But what then is the entity referred to in the text 'tato yad uttarataram '?

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George

Then he says: U-mi-chang′-ka Sĭk′-aTi-lĭn′ ĭn kad La′-god yad Ap′-laySĭk′-a o′-tot in lo-ko-lo′-ka nan fü-i′-mo.

From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest

Yatra yad varttate tat tadatiriktâvayavair eva tatra vartamânam drishlam iti drishtantagarbham hetum âkashle koseti.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George