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::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | tetragram |
Examples of tetragrammaton
tetragrammaton
Names based on the tetragrammaton are also in use.
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Early Christian writers, such as Clement of Alexandria in the 2nd century, had used a form like Yahweh, and claim that this pronunciation of the tetragrammaton was never really lost.
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- 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
- The tetragrammaton (from Greek u03A4u03B5u03C4u03C1u03B1u03B3u03C1u03ACu03BCu03BCu03B1u03C4u03BFu03BD, meaning " four letters",) is the Hebrew theonym u05D9u05D4u05D5u05D4, commonly transliterated into Latin letters as YHWH. It is one of the names of God used in the Hebrew Bible. The name may be derived from a verb that means "to be", "to exist", "to cause to become", or "to come to pass".
- Yahweh was the personal name of the God of the Israelites. In was used by them for several centuries. According to the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), the name was revealed to Moses as four Hebrew consonants (YHWH) called the tetragrammaton.Maas, Anthony. "Jehovah (Yahweh). ...
- (Bible, Edgar Cayce). 1994-95. Sop, tape
- (Gr.) The deity-name in four letters, which are in their English form IHVH. It is a kabalistical term and corresponds on a more material plane to the sacred Pythagorean Tetraktys. (See Theos. Gloss.)
- YHWH, refers to God. See Yahweh for more information.
- This is the name which is particularly assigned to God as His special or proper name, that is, the four letters YHWH. This name has not been pronounced by the Jews because of reverence for the great sacredness of the divine name. Therefore, it has been consistently translated LORD. ...
- The most powerful Name of God, YHVH. Its pronunciation has been lost. This Name, and permutations of it, is often used in meditations, amulets, and prayer.
- Refers to the four Hebrew letters used to signify the Name of God. It is related to the verb "to be", and may be translated as "I AM". It is not pronounced aloud by observant Jews. It is represented by the English letters "JHVH" (which is the source of "Jehovah" in English). ...
