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Definition of: Tetragrammaton
(tet′rə·gram′ə·ton) noun
In Hebrew texts, the group of four letters (JHVH, JHWH, YHVH, or YHWH) representing the holy and ineffable name of God. The common transliteration Jehovah is the result of a combination of the Tetragrammaton with the vowel points of Adonai “my Lord,” which is substituted in reading the name. [<Gk. tetragrammaton <tetra- four + gramma a letter <graphein write]
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