Tetragrammaton

See also: tetragrammaton

English

Tetragrammaton written in Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hebrew scripts.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τετραγράμματον (tetragrámmaton, four-letter word), neuter gender of τετραγράμματος (tetragrámmatos, having four letters), formed from a combining form of τέτταρες (téttares, four) and γράμμα (grámma, letter).

Proper noun

Tetragrammaton

  1. The four Hebrew letters יהוה (in transliteration, YHWH or JHVH) used as the ineffable name of God in the Hebrew Bible, variously transliterated as Yahweh or Jehovah.

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