yod

It must not by any means let pass that in Shemoth Rabba; "'He smote the rock, and the waters gushed out,' Psalm 78: 20, but the word yod-zayin-vav-bet - yod signifies nothing else but blood; as it is said, 'The woman that hath an issue of blood upon her,' Leviticus 15: 20.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

A yod is a triangle formed by three aspects of your chart, i.e. positions in the sky of certain stars and planets at your birth.

Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth! 2006

The "yod" (of the future) applies to the conception.

Rashi Liber, Maurice 1906

It is a variant of 'yod' or 'yede,' from A.S. eode, I went.

Marmion Walter Scott 1801

The difference between the letters "yod" and "vav" is a tiny half a millimeter length of stroke.

Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

Regarding 3), we should be clear that "wh" is [w] for the large majority of American speakers as well as basically all other non-Scotsmen. 4) is referred to as yod-dropping and is indeed well-entrenched in most American forms; it occurs regularly after alveolar and post-alveolar consonants.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

Regarding 3), we should be clear that "wh" is [w] for the large majority of American speakers as well as basically all other non-Scotsmen. 4) is referred to as yod-dropping and is indeed well-entrenched in most American forms; it occurs regularly after alveolar and post-alveolar consonants.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

Regarding 3), we should be clear that "wh" is [w] for the large majority of American speakers as well as basically all other non-Scotsmen. 4) is referred to as yod-dropping and is indeed well-entrenched in most American forms; it occurs regularly after alveolar and post-alveolar consonants.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

The tenth letter, yod H, was 10, after which each letter went up in tens and on reaching 100 went up in hundreds.

HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

So I've tentatively extrapolated that gamma, delta, iota, chi, and rho are *cemla (cf. gimel), *talta (cf. daleth), *eiata (cf. yod), *χei and *rusa (cf. resh).

An online Etruscan Dictionary has arrived 2010