Tetragrammaton
See also: tetragrammaton
English
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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
Translations
the four Hebrew letters יהוה used as the ineffable name of God
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