Most scholars believe that the Tetragrammaton should be pronounced "Yahweh".
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Tetragrammaton
Synonyms for "tetragrammaton" (8 found)
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Translations
24 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τετραγράμματον noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Armenian
2 entries- Տետրագրամմատոն noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
- քառագիր noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 四字母詞 /四字母词 noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
- 耶和華 /耶和华 noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Finnish
1 entries- tetragrammi noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
French
1 entries- tétragramme noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Georgian
1 entries- ტეტრაგრამატონი noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
German
2 entries- Tetragramm noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
- Tetragrammaton noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Greek
1 entries- τετραγράμματο noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Hungarian
1 entries- tetragrammaton noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Indonesian
1 entries- Tetragrammaton noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Italian
1 entries- tetragramma noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Japanese
1 entries- テトラグラマトン noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Latin
2 entries- Tetragrammaton noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
- tetragrammaton noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Polish
1 entries- tetragram noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Portuguese
1 entries- tetragrama noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Russian
1 entries- тетраграммато́н noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- tetragram noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
- četveroslov noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
- četveroslovlje noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Spanish
1 entries- tetragrámaton noun (the four Hebrew letters י־ה־ו־ה, used as the ineffable name of God)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The starting point of this discussion was Origen’s much-debated comment to Psalm 2:2 concerning the Tetragrammaton in “ancient” Hebrew characters. A very approximate terminus a quo for this practice in LXX texts is the first century b. c. e., the date of the Cairo Papyrus Fouad 266, a revision of the Greek Torah from the second century b. c. e., in which the Tetragrammata are written in square Hebrew characters.
Source: wiktionary
The Tetragrammatons are written out in such a way that the names of single letters are inscribed.
Source: wiktionary
According to R. Nehemiah, the double Tetragrammaton is one of Metatron’s 70 names: In gematria the consonants YHWH WHYH amount to 52. The two Tetragrammata do not leave any doubt as to the divine nature of the entities referenced here.
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