yod

American  

[yood, yawd] / jʊd, jɔd /

Or yodh

noun

1. the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2. any of the sounds represented by this letter.

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yod British  

/ jʊd /

noun

1. the tenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet (י), transliterated as y

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Etymology

Origin of yod

1725–35; < Hebrew yōdh, akin to yādh hand

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Example Sentences

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yod

They had no other or more appropriate confession of this than is seen in the root דע yedo--knowledge, compounded of the three symbols yod, daleth, oin--a hand, a door, an eye.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial

Torrent forthe frome hyme þan yod, finds him 24 ft.

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

An' every blessed minute I stannin' there, can't I hear that ole Miz Blatch nex' do', out in her back yod an' her front yod, an' plum out in the street, hollerin': 'Kitty?

From Gentle Julia by C. Allan Gilbert

There can, therefore, be no doubt that, in its present form, it is a corruption of the old Hebrew symbol, the letter yod, by which the sacred name was often expressed.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey

"Sir, I thank yod from the bottom of my heart!"

From Active Service by Stephen Crane

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