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Definition: Common Semitic noun *yad-, hand. 1a. iota, jot, from Greek iōta, iota; b. yodh, from Hebrew yōd, yodh. Both a and b from Phoenician *yōd, hand, tenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet. 2. Betelgeuse, ultimately from Arabic yad al-jawzā^ɔ, hand of Gemini, from yad, hand.