yod

American  

[yood, yawd] / yʊd, yɔd /

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

Example Sentences

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 Mackey, Albert G.

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

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

The ineffable name, the tetragrammaton, the shem hamphorash,—for it is known by all these appellations,—consists of four letters, yod, heh, vau, and heh, forming the word יהוה.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

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

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 Gilbert, C. Allan