yod

or yodh

[ yood; Hebrew yawd ]

/ yʊd; Hebrew yɔd /

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noun

the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

any of the sounds represented by this letter.

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Origin of yod

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

Words nearby yod

yobbo, Yobe, Yocon, yocto-, yoctosecond, yod, yodel, yodle, yoga, yoga pants, yogh

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How to use yod in a sentence

Noah replied, “I can only send one of the two birds whose first letter is either Ain or Yod.”
Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories|Anonymous
But yod better take him back with you when you go, Miss Ruth, He needs somebody to take care of himsho do!
Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie|Alice B. Emerson
Ef yod done taken heed ter ma wods yo wouldn never come ter dis hyer pass.
Three Little Women's Success|Gabrielle E. Jackson
Being numbered ten, its Hebrew letter is Yod, the hieroglyphic meaning of which is the forefinger extended as a sign of command.
Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards|Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer

But the explanation of the Yod is to be fetched from Eccles.
The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World|Thomas Wood

British Dictionary definitions for yod

yod

yodh

/ (jʊd) /

noun

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

Word Origin for yod

C18: from Hebrew, literally: hand

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