| 单词 | tetragrammaton |
| 释义 | Tetragrammaton[ te-truh-gram-uh-ton ] / ˌtɛ trəˈgræm əˌtɒn / nounthe Hebrew word for God, consisting of the four letters yod, he, vav, and he, transliterated consonantally usually as YHVH, now pronounced as Adonai or Elohim in substitution for the original pronunciation forbidden since the 2nd or 3rd century b.c. Compare Yahweh. Origin of Tetragrammaton1350–1400; Middle English <Greek tetragrámmaton, noun use of neuter of tetragrámmatos having four letters, equivalent to tetra-tetra- + grammat- (stem of grámma) letter + -os adj. suffix Words nearby Tetragrammatontetrafunctional, tetragon, tetragonal, tetragonal trisoctahedron, tetragram, Tetragrammaton, tetrahedral, tetrahedrite, tetrahedron, tetrahydrate, tetrahydric Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for TetragrammatonTetragrammaton / (ˌtɛtrəˈɡræmətən) / nounBible the Hebrew name for God revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3), consisting of the four consonants Y H V H (or Y H W H) and regarded by Jews as too sacred to be pronounced. It is usually transliterated as Jehovah or YahwehSometimes shortened to: Tetragram Word Origin for TetragrammatonC14: from Greek, from tetragrammatos having four letters, from tetra- + gramma letter Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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