Jotbathah is one of the stations of the the Exodus journey. Located between Hor Haggidad and Abronah Midianite pottery and copper workings. Nearby water and acacia trees provided wood for charcoal for the miners at Har Timna. Semitic root ENTRY: yd. DEFINITION: Common Semitic noun *yad-, hand. 1a. iota, jot, from Greek ita, iota; b. yodh, from Hebrew yd, yodh. Both a and b from Phoenician *yd, hand, tenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet. 2. Betelgeuse, ultimately from Arabic yad al-jawz, hand of Gemini, from yad, hand.