Yod

E81727

Yod is the tenth and one of the smallest letters of the Hebrew alphabet, often associated with the concept of divine presence and the starting point of many Hebrew words and names.

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Yod canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew letter
consonant
alphabet Hebrew alphabet
appearsInTetragrammaton true
associatedWith beginning point
divine presence
blockInUnicode Hebrew
canIndicateVowel /i/
category letters representing palatal approximant
directionalityInUnicode right-to-left
directionOfWriting right-to-left
firstLetterOf YHWH
surface form: Tetragrammaton

name YHWH
name Yerushalayim
name Yisrael
hasFinalForm false
hasNumericValue 10
hebrewNameSpelling יוד
isGrapheme true
isMaterLectionis true
ISO15924 Hebr
isOneOfSmallestLetters true
isSmallestConsonantInTorahScrolls true
isUsedInGematria true
nameInHebrew יוד
positionInAlphabet 10
relatedTo Arabic Yaʼ
Iota
surface form: Greek Iota

Latin I
Latin J
Phoenician Yodh
scriptType abjad
scriptVariant Rashi script
cursive Hebrew
square Hebrew
soundValue /j/
symbolizes creation point
divine spark
transliteration I
J
Y
unicodeCharacter "י"
usedAsMaterLectionisFor e
long i
usedIn Hebrew names
Hebrew words
usedInKabbalahSymbolism true
writingSystem Hebrew script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.