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Tetragrammaton

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Noun

1. tetragrammaton

four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce

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Tetragrammaton

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noun
Bible
the Hebrew name for God revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3), consisting of the four consonants Y H V H (or Y H W H) and regarded by Jews as too sacred to be pronounced. It is usually transliterated as Jehovah or Yahweh
. Sometimes shortened to: Tetragram

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Tetragrammaton

see synonyms of tetragrammaton
noun
the four consonants of the ancient Hebrew name for God (variously transliterated JHVH, IHVH, JHWH, YHVH, YHWH), that was considered too sacred to be spoken aloud: the word Adonai (Lord) is substituted for this name in utterance, and the vowels of Adonai or Elohim (God) are inserted in Hebrew texts, so that the modern reconstructions are Yahweh, Jehovah, etc.

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Tetragrammaton

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n.
The four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH or JHVH, used as a biblical proper name for God.

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