Tetragrammaton

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The Jews further believed that the Tetragrammaton was possessed of unbounded powers.

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

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  1. 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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  1. from Greek το\ τετραγράμματον, a word of four letters, from τετραγράμματος, of four letters: see tetragram.
 

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/tɛtrəˈgræmətɑn/
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