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Tetragrammaton - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Tetragrammaton : (noun)
1: 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 [syn: Tetragrammaton]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Tetragrammaton : \Tet`ra*gram"ma*ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; te`tra-
(see Tetra-) _ ? a letter.]
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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