Tetragrammaton
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Tet·ra·gram·ma·ton 
[te-truh-gram-uh-ton] Pronunciation Key
[te-truh-gram-uh-ton] Pronunciation Key –noun
| the Hebrew word for God, consisting of the four letters yod, he, vav, and he, transliterated consonantally usually as YHVH, now pronounced as Adonai or Elohim in substitution for the original pronunciation forbidden since the 2nd or 3rd century b.c. |
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| Tet·ra·gram·ma·ton
(tět'rə-grām'ə-tŏn') Pronunciation Key
n. The four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH or JHVH, used as a biblical proper name for God. [Middle English Tetragramaton, from Greek tetragrammaton, four-letter word, from neuter of tetragrammatos, four-lettered : tetra-, tetra- + gramma, grammat-, letter; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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tetragrammaton
tetragrammaton
c.1400, from Gk. (to) tetragrammaton "(the word) of four letters," from tetra- "four" + gramma (gen. grammatos) "letter, something written." The Hebrew divine name, transliterated as YHWH, usually vocalized in English as "Jehovah" or "Yahweh."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| tetragrammaton | |
noun | |
| 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
Tet`ra*gram"ma*ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + ? a letter.] The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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