Tetragrammaton

American  

[te-truh-gram-uh-ton] / ˌtɛ trəˈgræm əˌtɒn /

noun

1. the Hebrew word for God, consisting of the four letters yod, he, waw, and he, transliterated consonantally usually as YHWH, now pronounced as Adonai or Elohim in substitution for the original pronunciation forbidden since the 2nd or 3rd century b.c.

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Tetragrammaton British  

/ ˌtɛtrəˈɡræmətən /

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: Tetragram.  Bible the Hebrew name for God revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3), consisting of the four consonants Y H V H (or Y H W H) and regarded by Jews as too sacred to be pronounced. It is usually transliterated as Jehovah or Yahweh

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Etymology

Origin of Tetragrammaton

1350–1400; Middle English < Greek tetragrámmaton, noun use of neuter of tetragrámmatos having four letters, equivalent to tetra- tetra- + grammat- (stem of grámma ) letter + -os adj. suffix

Example Sentences

But anyway, I was in California, and had just signed to Tetragrammaton, and they asked me, “well, OK, we’ve got to find you a producer.”

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2015

In mine, it is the Tetragrammaton, the Name so holy that those who know it dare not say it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Creation symbolized by the Tetragrammaton expressed triangularly, 698-l.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Lectures were given to the society on such subjects as the Tarot Cards, Geomantic Talismans, and the Schemhamphorasch or Tetragrammaton.

From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Webster, Nesta H.

But the Messiah had pronounced the Tetragrammaton, and God and the Creation were One again.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel