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yad
(Seph. yäd; Ashk. yôd),USA pronunciation n., pl. ya•dim
(Seph. yä dēm′; Ashk. yô′dim).USA pronunciation [Hebrew.]
- Judaisma 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.
- yādh literally, hand
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