Tetragrammaton

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

English

Etymology

From Greek τετραγράμματον ("four-letter word").

Noun

Tetragrammaton

1. 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.

Translations

Finnish: tetragrammi German: Tetragramm Greek: Τετραγράμματο n. Hebrew: השם המפורש (ha-shem ha-meforash) m. Indonesian: Tetragrammaton Italian: tetragramma m.

Japanese: テトラグラマトン (tetoraguramaton) Portuguese: tetragrama m. Russian: тетраграмматон (tetragrámmaton) m. Spanish: tetragrámaton m.