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yod

(jʊd) or

yodh

n
(Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the tenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet (י), transliterated as y
[C18: from Hebrew, literally: hand]
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yod

or yodh

(yʊd; Heb. yɔd)

n.
the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
[1725–35; < Hebrew yōdh, akin to yādh hand]
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[jɒd] N → yod f
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