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yad
[ Sephardic Hebrew yahd; Ashkenazic Hebrew yawd ]
noun
, Hebrew.
, plural ya·dim [yah-, deem, yaw, -dim].
- 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
- 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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