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yad

[ Sephardic Hebrew yahd; Ashkenazic Hebrew yawd ]

noun

Hebrew.
plural yadim [yah-, deem, yaw, -dim].
  1. a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.

yad

/ jɑd /

noun

  1. Judaism a hand-held pointer used for reading the sefer torah
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Origin of yad1

yādh literally, hand
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Origin of yad1

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