Tetragrammaton

Tetragrammaton written in Phoenician, Aramaic, and Hebrew scripts.

Meaning

Proper Noun

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.

Origin

From Ancient Greek τετραγράμματον, neuter gender of τετραγράμματος, formed from a combining form of τέτταρες and γράμμα.

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