tetragrammaton

pronunciation

How to pronounce tetragrammaton in British English: UK [ˌtetrə'græmətɒn]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    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

Word Origin

tetragrammaton (n.)
c. 1400, from Greek (to) tetragrammaton "(the word) of four letters," from tetra- "four" (see four) + gramma (genitive grammatos) "letter, something written" (see -gram). The Hebrew divine name, transliterated as YHWH, usually vocalized in English as "Jehovah" or "Yahweh."

Example

1. Killed by your friends at the tetragrammaton .

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