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The word in four Hebrew letters יהוה (in transliteration as YHWH or JHVH) used as the ineffable name of God in the Hebrew Bible, variously rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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Alternative letter-case form of Tetragrammaton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: tetragram
From Ancient Greek τετραγράμματον (tetragrámmaton, “four-letter word”), neuter gender of τετραγράμματος (tetragrámmatos, “having four letters”), formed from a combining form of τέτταρες (téttares, “four”) and γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
քառագիր
(kʻaṙagir)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Armenian:
Տետրագրամմատոն
(Tetragrammaton)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Chinese Mandarin:
四字母詞 /四字母词
(sìzìmǔcí)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Chinese Mandarin:
耶和華 /耶和华
(Yēhéhuá)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Finnish:
tetragrammi
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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French:
tétragramme
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Georgian:
ტეტრაგრამატონი
(ṭeṭragramaṭoni)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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German:
Tetragramm
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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German:
Tetragrammaton
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Greek:
τετραγράμματο
(tetragrámmato)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Ancient Greek:
τετραγράμματον
(tetragrámmaton)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Hindi:
चतुराक्षर
(caturākṣar)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Hungarian:
tetragrammaton
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Indonesian:
Tetragrammaton
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Italian:
tetragramma
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Japanese:
テトラグラマトン
(tetoraguramaton)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Latin:
tetragrammaton
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Latin:
Tetragrammaton
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Marathi:
चतुराक्षर
(caturākṣar)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Nepali:
चतुराक्षर
(caturākṣar)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Polish:
tetragram
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Portuguese:
tetragrama
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Russian:
тетраграммато́н
(tetragrammatón)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Sanskrit:
चतुराक्षर
(caturākṣara)
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Serbo-Croatian:
četveroslov
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Serbo-Croatian:
četveroslovlje
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Serbo-Croatian:
tetragram
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
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Spanish:
tetragrámaton
— the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God
