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# 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tetragrammaton/#m1)

### Examples

- The Elohim — divine powers — not IHVH the Tetragrammaton, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tetragrammaton/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tetragrammaton/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tetragrammaton» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tetragrammaton/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tetragrammaton» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/tetragrammaton.html) on Mova free.