tetragrammaton
Divine four-letter name
The tetragrammaton is the four-letter Hebrew name of God, written YHWH (or JHVH), considered too sacred to pronounce in Jewish tradition.
The term comes from Greek words meaning "four letters." Substitute words like Adonai or HaShem are spoken instead when the name appears in scripture: The tetragrammaton appears nearly seven thousand times in the Hebrew Bible. (Capitalized Tetragrammaton may appear when treated as a proper noun.)
Hebrew name of God
- YahwehBiblical God's proper name
- AdonaiHebrew title for deity
- LordHonorific for nobility
- creatorOne who produces something
almighty · eternal · infinite · omnipotent · omniscient · transcendent · immutable · sovereign
Judaism's core scripture
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- KabbalahJewish esoteric tradition
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
Talmud · mitzvah · Israel · Zion · scribe · tefillin · mezuzah · Tanakh
Beyond verbal expression
- unutterableImpossible to express verbally
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- forbiddenNot allowed
unpronounced · substitution · circumlocution · reverence · awe · Adonai · sacred · prohibition
YHWH
Hebrew name of God
creator · almighty · eternal · infinite · omnipotent · omniscient · transcendent · immutable · sovereign · deity
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
rabbi · Talmud · mitzvah · Israel · Zion · scribe · tefillin · mezuzah · Tanakh · covenant
ineffable
Beyond verbal expression
- unutterableImpossible to express verbally
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
forbidden · unpronounced · substitution · circumlocution · reverence · awe · Adonai · sacred · prohibition · avoidance
- mystic symbolssigil, pentagram, glyph, rune, sigils
- tetra- wordstetrahedron, tetrapod, tetralogy, tetrameter, tetrachord
- Hebrew mysticismKabbalah, Sefer Yetzirah, Tree of Life, YHWH, divine names
- Jewish GodAdonai, YHWH, Yahweh, Lord, divine names
- Occult Symbolspentagram, pentacle, sigil, sigils, hexagram
- Hebrew Wordsshalom, amen, hallelujah, chai, Adonai
tetragrammatonSatan
Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
blasphemy · profanity · Beelzebub · Lucifer · curse word
tetragrammatonAdonai
Hebrew title for deity
Lord · Jehovah · God · the Almighty · common noun