the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, shaped like a small hook or hand.
From Hebrew 'yodh' meaning 'hand,' reflecting the original pictographic shape. The letter's form evolved from an ancient symbol representing a human hand or arm.
The yod is the tiniest letter in Hebrew scripture, yet medieval Jewish scholars called it the 'beginning of all things'—making the smallest letter symbolically the most powerful.
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