The Hebrew alphabet, the holy language of the Bible, is used for biblical Hebrew, Modern Hebrew, Jewish Aramaic, Yiddish, and Ladino. It consists of 22 letters, all consonants, none of which are lowercase.

The Hebrew alphabet (Hebrew: אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי, [a] Alefbet ivri), known variously by scholars as the Ktav Ashuri, Jewish script, square script and block script, is a unicameral abjad script used in the writing of the Hebrew language and other Jewish languages, most notably Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Persian.

Suspended in mid-air, Yod is the smallest of the Hebrew letters, the "atom" of the consonants, and the form from which all of the other letters begin and end: The first dot with which the scribes first start writing a letter, or the last dot that gives a letter its final form -- is a yod.

Yud is the 10th letter of the aleph-bet and also the smallest. On the simplest level, the design of the yud is a point: a dot which represents G‑d’s essential power; the one G‑d Who is indivisible. Furthermore, the yud looks like a flame that soars ever higher, representing the soul of a Jew yearning to unite with G‑d. 2.

The Modern Hebrew name yud is a derivative of the two letter word (yad), a Hebrew word meaning "hand," the original name for the letter. The ancient and modern pronunciation of this letter is a "y." In Ancient Hebrew this letter also doubled as a vowel with an "i" sound.

Yodh (also spelled jodh, yod, or jod) is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician yōd 𐤉, Hebrew yud י ‎, Aramaic yod 𐡉, Syriac yōḏ ܝ, and Arabic yāʾ ي ‎. It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪚‎‎‎, South Arabian 𐩺, and Ge'ez የ.

The letter yod is used in the Hebrew expression: קוֹצוֹ שֶׁל יוֹד (kotzo shel yod). Literally translated as the smallest edge of the letter yod. This expression is used to refer to something tiny, insignificant, or inconsequential. It is interesting to note, that in most sacred literature, the pages are marked with letters, instead of numbers.

2025年1月24日 · י • (y) Yodh, yod, yud: the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after ט and before כ. The numeral 10 in Hebrew numbering.

A brief glossary of common Hebrew terms, fully transliterated and including Hebrew phonetics and conventional spellings. Letter Y words.

Many Hebrew ‘y’ names and places became ‘j’ words in English. Some of many examples are Jacob (Yaakov), Joseph (Yosef), Judah (Yehuda), Jeremiah (Yirmiyahu), Jews (Yehudim), Jericho (Yireecho), and Jerusalem (Yerushalayim).