tetragrammaton

noun

«tetragrammaton» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

It is the holy name of God that Jews do not say aloud, and the Torah prints it as "the LORD".

Interpretation. Tradition treats it as God's most sacred name, read aloud as "Adonai" instead, and Sefer Yetzirah commentators play with permutations of its letters.

Meaning

The four-letter name of God in Hebrew, Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh. tree →

Examples

The Elohim — divine powers — not IHVH the Tetragrammaton, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
Here follow the permutations of the name I H V, which is the Tetragrammaton — Jehovah, without the second or final Heh : IHV is a Tri-grammaton, and is more suitable to the third or Yetziratic plane. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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