Seph. /yahd/ ; Ashk. /yawd/ , n. , pl. yadim Seph. /yah deem"/ ; Ashk. /yaw"dim/ . Hebrew.
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
[ yadh lit., hand ]