אות II

אוֹתII c. (b. h.; v. אוי, אָוָה II; תְּאָו) 1) mark, sign, emblem; test, signal, military ensign. Hag. 16a (play on ואתה Deut. 33:2; cmp. foreg.) אות הואוכ׳ He is the ensign among his myriad; v. דּוּגְמָא. M. Kat. 25b אל תזניחנו בא׳וכ׳ forsake us not in the symbolic trial of bitter waters (in our trials). Pl. אוֹתוֹת. Kil. IX, 10 א׳ הגרדיןוכ׳ the marks which the weavers put on goods in their charge. B. Kam. 119b you must not buy from the dyer לא א׳ ולא דוגמות either tests (pieces cut off to test the color) or samples (as specimens of color). 2) letter, writing, symbol. B. Bath.15a אות אחת one letter. Sabb.103a; a. fr.pl. אוֹתִיּוֹת (fr. אוֹתוּת or אוֹתִית). Kid. 30a סופרים כל הא׳ recorded (or counted) all the letters of the Torah. Snh.X, 1 השם באוֹתִיוֹתָיו the Divine Name with the letters in which it is written (Jehovah). Kid. 71a שם בן ארבע א׳ the quadriliteral Name; cmp. שֵׁם.Lev. R. s. 26, beg. ח׳ א׳ eight letters. Sabb.XII. 3; a. fr.Trnsf. notes, documents. Tosef.Kid. I, 7; B. Bath.75b; a. e.