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tetragram

DEFINITIONS OF: tetragram

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n a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system

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Tetragrammaton
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
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written word
the written form of a word
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