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Four letters

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Nick at 12:35, 3 February 2019

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	The books of the [[Torah]] and the rest of the Hebrew Bible (with the exception of [[Book of Esther\|Esther]] and [[Song of Songs]]) contain the Hebrew word יהוה. Religiously observant [[Jews]] and those who follow conservative Jewish traditions do not pronounce יהוה, either aloud or [[Subvocalization\|to themselves in silence]],<!-- 1 Samuel 1:13 --> nor do they read aloud transliterated forms such as the correct''[[Jehovah]]'' (pronunced in Hebrew as ''Yahuveh'') or the incorrect ''[[Yahweh]]''; instead the word is substituted with a different term, whether used to address or to refer to the [[Jehova\|God of Israel]]. Common substitutions for Hebrew forms are ''hakadosh baruch hu'' ("The Holy One, Blessed Be He"), [[Names of God in Judaism#Adonai\|Adonai]] ("The Lord"), or ''[[Names of God in Judaism#HaShem\|HaShem]]'' ("The Name").		The books of the [[Torah]] and the rest of the Hebrew Bible (with the exception of [[Book of Esther\|Esther]] and [[Song of Songs]]) contain the Hebrew word יהוה. Religiously observant [[Jews]] and those who follow conservative Jewish traditions do not pronounce יהוה, either aloud or [[Subvocalization\|to themselves in silence]],<!-- 1 Samuel 1:13 --> nor do they read aloud transliterated forms such as the correct''[[Jehovah]]'' (pronunced in Hebrew as ''Yahuveh'') or the incorrect ''[[Yahweh]]''; instead the word is substituted with a different term, whether used to address or to refer to the [[Jehova\|God of Israel]]. Common substitutions for Hebrew forms are ''hakadosh baruch hu'' ("The Holy One, Blessed Be He"), [[Names of God in Judaism#Adonai\|Adonai]] ("The Lord"), or ''[[Names of God in Judaism#HaShem\|HaShem]]'' ("The Name").

			== Four letters ==
			The letters, properly read from right to left (in [[Biblical Hebrew]]), are:
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! Hebrew !! Letter name !! Pronunciation
			\|-
			\| י
			\| [[Yodh\|Yod]]
			\| j
			\|-
			\| ה
			\| [[He (letter)\|He]]
			\| h
			\|-
			\| ו
			\| [[Waw (letter)\|Waw]]
			\| w, or placeholder for "O"/"U" vowel (see [[mater lectionis]])
			\|-
			\| ה
			\| [[He (letter)\|He]]
			\| h (or often a [[silent letter]] at the end of a word)
			\|}

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Nick at 08:27, 30 April 2017

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	[[Image:Tetragrammaton scripts.~~svg~~\|frame\|The tetragrammaton in [[Paleo-Hebrew alphabet\|Paleo-Hebrew]] (10th century BCE to 135 CE), old [[Aramaic alphabet\|Aramaic]] (10th century BCE to 4th century CE) and square [[Hebrew alphabet\|Hebrew]] (3rd century BCE to present) scripts]]		[[Image:Tetragrammaton scripts.jpg\|frame\|The tetragrammaton in [[Paleo-Hebrew alphabet\|Paleo-Hebrew]] (10th century BCE to 135 CE), old [[Aramaic alphabet\|Aramaic]] (10th century BCE to 4th century CE) and square [[Hebrew alphabet\|Hebrew]] (3rd century BCE to present) scripts]]

	The '''tetragrammaton''' (from [[Greek language\|Greek]] '''Τετραγράμματον''', meaning "[consisting of] four letters",) is the Hebrew [[theonym]] יהוה, commonly [[Transliteration\|transliterated]] into Latin letters as '''YHWH'''. It is one of the [[Names of God in Judaism\|names of God]] used in the [[Hebrew Bible]]. The name may be derived from a verb that means "to be", "to exist", "to cause to become", or "to come to pass".		The '''tetragrammaton''' (from [[Greek language\|Greek]] '''Τετραγράμματον''', meaning "[consisting of] four letters",) is the Hebrew [[theonym]] יהוה, commonly [[Transliteration\|transliterated]] into Latin letters as '''YHWH'''. It is one of the [[Names of God in Judaism\|names of God]] used in the [[Hebrew Bible]]. The name may be derived from a verb that means "to be", "to exist", "to cause to become", or "to come to pass".

Nick at 10:58, 3 September 2016

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	Tetragrammaton (from ~~the~~ [[Greek]] ~~τετραγράμματον~~, meaning '[~~word~~ of] four letters' ~~(tetra~~ "~~four~~" ~~+ gramma (gen. grammatos)~~ "~~letter~~"), ~~refers~~ to ~~יהוה~~, ~~one~~ of the ~~names~~ of the ~~God~~ of ~~Israel written with four letters~~, as ~~written~~ in the Hebrew ~~Masoretic Text where it appears over 6~~,~~800 times~~.		[[Image:Tetragrammaton scripts.svg\|frame\|The tetragrammaton in [[Paleo-Hebrew alphabet\|Paleo-Hebrew]] (10th century BCE to 135 CE), old [[Aramaic alphabet\|Aramaic]] (10th century BCE to 4th century CE) and square [[Hebrew alphabet\|Hebrew]] (3rd century BCE to present) scripts]]

			The '''tetragrammaton''' (from [[Greek language\|Greek]] '''Τετραγράμματον''', meaning "[consisting of] four letters",) is the Hebrew [[theonym]] יהוה, commonly [[Transliteration\|transliterated]] into Latin letters as '''YHWH'''. It is one of the [[Names of God in Judaism\|names of God]] used in the [[Hebrew Bible]]. The name may be derived from a verb that means "to be", "to exist", "to cause to become", or "to come to pass".

			The books of the [[Torah]] and the rest of the Hebrew Bible (with the exception of [[Book of Esther\|Esther]] and [[Song of Songs]]) contain the Hebrew word יהוה. Religiously observant [[Jews]] and those who follow conservative Jewish traditions do not pronounce יהוה, either aloud or [[Subvocalization\|to themselves in silence]],<!-- 1 Samuel 1:13 --> nor do they read aloud transliterated forms such as the correct''[[Jehovah]]'' (pronunced in Hebrew as ''Yahuveh'') or the incorrect ''[[Yahweh]]''; instead the word is substituted with a different term, whether used to address or to refer to the [[Jehova\|God of Israel]]. Common substitutions for Hebrew forms are ''hakadosh baruch hu'' ("The Holy One, Blessed Be He"), [[Names of God in Judaism#Adonai\|Adonai]] ("The Lord"), or ''[[Names of God in Judaism#HaShem\|HaShem]]'' ("The Name").


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Nick at 14:18, 12 December 2008

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	See [[Jehovah]]		Tetragrammaton (from the [[Greek]] τετραγράμματον, meaning '[word of] four letters' (tetra "four" + gramma (gen. grammatos) "letter"), refers to יהוה, one of the names of the God of Israel written with four letters, as written in the Hebrew Masoretic Text where it appears over 6,800 times.

			==See Also==
			[[Jehovah]]

Nick: Protected "Tetragrammaton" [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

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Protected "Tetragrammaton" [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

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Nick: New page: See Jehovah

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New page: See Jehovah

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See [[Jehovah]]

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	[[Jehovah]]		* [[Jehovah]]
			* [[Revelation 16:5]]

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