单词 | yad |
释义 | yadn. Judaism. A pointer, used by readers of the Torah in the synagogue to follow the text, typically having the form of a rod terminating in a hand with an outstretched index finger. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Hebrew scripture > [noun] > Pentateuch > scroll of > ornaments or accoutrements of yad1903 Torah breastplate1941 Torah crown1941 Torah curtain1941 Torah finial1941 Torah mantle1941 Torah pointer1941 Torah wrapper1950 1903 W. Rosenau Jewish Ceremonial Inst. & Customs i. 32 Over the breast plate a pointer extends, terminating in the figure of a hand, and hence called ‘yad’ (hand). 1906 Jewish Encycl. XII. 578/1 The segan points out with the ‘yad’ the text for the reader to follow. 1961 C. Roth Jewish Art 323 In most countries..the form ultimately developed of a rod terminating in a hand with outstretched forefinger and it was accordingly, whatever its form, termed yad. 1982 T. Keneally Schindler's Ark (1983) xviii. 165 The lubrication pits were filled to spilling over with solid silver—rings, pendants, Passover platters, yad pointers, breastplates, crowns, candelabra. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1903 |
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