Editing Yodh (section)

== Hebrew yod ==
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!rowspan=2|<small>[[Cursive Hebrew|Cursive<br />Hebrew]]</small>
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|width=20%|<span style="font:31pt 'Times New Roman', 'SBL Hebrew', David, Narkisim, 'New Peninim MT', 'Taamey Frank CLM', serif;">י</span>
|width=20%|<span style="font:29pt Arial, 'DejaVu Sans Condensed', 'DejaVu Sans', Tahoma, 'Noto Sans Hebrew', Alef, sans-serif;">י</span>
|width=20%|<span style="font:31pt 'Courier New', 'Miriam Fixed', 'Miriam Mono CLM', FreeMono, 'Fixed Miriam Transparent', monospace;">י</span>
|width=20%|[[File:Hebrew letter Yud handwriting.svg|38px]]
|width=20%|[[File:Yud (Rashi-script - Hebrew letter).svg|45px]]
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Hebrew spelling: <big>{{lang|he|יוֹד}}</big> <span style="unicode-bidi:bidi-override">;<ref>[http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=%u05D9%u05D5%u05D3 Morfix.mako.co.il]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/05d9/index.htm |title=Fileformat.info |access-date=2018-03-21 |archive-date=2018-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403023927/http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/05d9/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref></span> colloquial <big>{{lang|he|יוּד}}</big>

;The letter appears with or without a hook on different sans-serif fonts, for example:
* Arial, DejaVu Sans, Arimo, Open Sans: <span style="font:29pt Arial, 'DejaVu Sans Condensed', 'DejaVu Sans', Arimo, 'Open Sans', sans-serif;">י</span>
* Tahoma, Alef, Heebo: <span style="font:29pt Tahoma, Alef, Heebo, sans-serif;">י</span>

===Pronunciation===
In both [[Biblical Hebrew|Biblical]] and [[Modern Hebrew]], Yod represents a [[palatal approximant]] ({{IPAblink|j}}). As a [[mater lectionis]], it represents the vowel {{IPAblink|i}}.

===Significance===
In [[gematria]], Yod represents the number ten.

As a [[prefix (linguistics)|prefix]], it designates the third person singular (or plural, with a [[waw (letter)|Vav]] as a [[suffix]]) in the future tense.

As a [[suffix]], it indicates first person singular possessive; ''av'' (father) becomes ''avi'' (my father).

====In religion====
{{redirect|Double Yod|the use in Yiddish|#Yiddish}}
Two Yods in a row ({{large|{{lang|he|יי}}}}) designate the [[names of God in Judaism|name of God]] and in pointed texts are written with the vowels of [[Adonai]], which is done as well with the [[Tetragrammaton]].

As Yod is the smallest letter, much [[Kabbalah|kabbalistic]] and mystical significance is attached. According to the [[Gospel of Matthew]], [[Jesus]] mentioned it during the [[Matthew 5#Antitheses|Antithesis of the Law]], when he says: "One jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." Jot, or iota, refers to the letter Yod; scribes often overlooked it because of its size and position as a [[mater lectionis]]. In Modern Hebrew, "tip of the yod" refers to a small and insignificant thing, and someone who "worries about the tip of a yod" is picky and meticulous about minor details.

Much kabbalistic and mystical significance is also attached to it because of its [[gematria]] value as ten, which is an important number in Judaism, and its place in the name of God.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.inner.org/hebleter/yud.htm |title=Inner.org |access-date=2004-11-06 |archive-date=2023-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522232256/https://www.inner.org/hebleter/yud.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Yiddish===

In [[Yiddish]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Weinreich|first=Uriel|date=1992|title=College Yiddish|location=New York|publisher=[[YIVO]] Institute for Jewish Research|pages=27–8|author-link = Uriel Weinreich}}</ref> the letter yod is used for several orthographic purposes in native words:
* Alone, a single yod {{lang|yi|rtl=yes|י}} may represent the vowel {{IPAblink|i}} or the consonant {{IPAblink|j}}. When adjacent to another vowel, or another yod, {{IPAblink|i}} may be distinguished from {{IPAblink|j}} by the addition of a dot below. Thus the word ''Yidish'' 'Yiddish' is spelled {{lang|yi|rtl=yes|ייִדיש}}. The first yod represents [{{IPA|j}}]; the second yod represents [{{IPA|i}}] and is distinguished from the adjacent [{{IPA|j}}] by a dot; the third yod represents [{{IPA|i}}] as well, but no dot is necessary.
* The [[digraph (orthography)|digraph]] {{lang|yi|rtl=yes|יי}}, consisting of two yods, represents the diphthong [{{IPA|ej}}].
* A pair of yods with a horizontal line (''[[patach|pasekh]]'') under them, {{lang|yi|rtl=yes|ײַ}}, represents the diphthong [{{IPA|aj}}] in standard Yiddish.
* The digraph consisting of a [[Waw (letter)|vov]] followed by a yod, {{lang|yi|rtl=yes|וי}}, represents the diphthong [{{IPA|oj}}].

In traditional and [[YIVO]] [[Yiddish orthography]], [[loanword]]s from Hebrew or Aramaic ("[[Lashon Hakodesh|loshn koydesh]]") are spelled as they are in their language of origin. In the [[Soviet]] orthography, they are written phonetically like other Yiddish words.