Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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- noun The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (
Phoenician ,Aramaic ,Hebrew ,Syriac ,Arabic and others). - noun A tool used to read a
torah .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word for “beis”, as in “beth-yodh-tav”, is there point blank.
Science versus science or religion versus religion - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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In the last word of the verse the second yodh is redundant.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Besides, the presence of the yodh may well be due to the formative ending mem, which is generally the sign of abstract nouns.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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(written hi 'with waw rather than yodh for the feminine) is the first instance of this so-called Keri perpetuam and is a stylistic peculiarity of the author of the Pentateuch (so still Koenig) and not the result, of redactional activity (so most critics).
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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