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1. (n.) Tetragrammaton
the Hebrew word for God, consisting of the four letters yod, he, vav, and he, transliterated consonantally usu. as YHVH, now pronounced as Adonai in substitution for the original pronunciation forbidden since the 2nd or 3rd century b .c .
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < Gk tetragrámmaton, n. use of neut. of tetragrámmatos having four letters)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Tetragrammaton
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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1. (noun) Tetragrammaton
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Tetragrammaton
the mystic number "four," symbolical of deity, whose name in different languages is composed of four letters.
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