kotso shel yud
Definitions
interj. A small thing, a minutia.
Example Sentences
"I can't work with him. He won't allow you to change a kotso shel yud." (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
קוצו של יוד kotzo shel yud 'the top edge of the yud'
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
kotzo shel yod, kotso shel yod, kotzo shel yud
Notes
"The tiniest letter of the Hebrew alef-bet is the yud. And atop the yud is a tiny scribal stroke, called a kots. Hardly surprising, then, that kotso shell yud has come to signify the tiniest thing (just like the Greek letter iota, in fact)." (Glinert)
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