Yodh (also spelled Yud, Yod, Jod, or Jodh) is the tenth letter and Multiple Set Character of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew Yud , Syriac 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 .