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Tetragrammaton

noun
1.
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.





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... at least unknown to fame: Is there a strife in Heaven about his name, Where every famous predecessor vies, And makes a faction for it in the skies? Or must it be reserved to thought alone? Such was the sacred Tetragrammaton.[177] Things worthy silence must not be reveal'd; Thus the true name of Rome was kept conceal'd,[178] To shun the spells and sorceries of those 200 Who durst her infant majesty oppose. But when his tender strength ...
— The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol I - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes • John Dryden


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