Yodh (also spelled
Yud,
Yod,
Jod, or
Jodh) is the tenth
letter of the
Semitic abjads, including
Phoenician Yōd ,
Hebrew Yōd ,
Aramaic Yodh ,
Syriac Yōḏ , and
Arabic (in
abjadi order, 28th in modern order). Its sound value is in all languages for which it is used; in many languages, it also serves as a
long vowel, representing .