Tetragrammaton

Tet·ra·gram·ma·ton  (ttr-grm-tn)

n.

The four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH or JHVH, used as a biblical proper name for God.

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[Middle English Tetragramaton, from Greek tetragrammaton, four-letter word, from neuter of tetragrammatos, four-lettered : tetra-, tetra- + gramma, grammat-, letter; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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