A report on Tetragrammaton
Four-letter Hebrew theonym , the name of God in Judaism and Christianity.
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Names of God in Judaism
4 linksJudaism considers some names of God so holy that, once written, they should not be erased: YHWH, Adonai, El ("God"), Elohim ("God," a plural noun), Shaddai ("Almighty"), and Tzevaot ("[of] Hosts"); some also include Ehyeh ("I Will Be").
Kabbalah
5 linksEsoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism.
Esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism.
His charisma, mystical teachings that included repeated pronunciations of the holy Tetragrammaton in public, tied to an unstable personality, and with the help of his greatest enthusiast, Nathan of Gaza, convinced the Jewish masses that the Jewish Messiah had finally come.
Masoretic Text
4 linksAuthoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism.
Authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism.
Safeguarding of the Tetragrammaton; e.g. substitution of "Elohim" or "Adonai" for "YHWH" in some passages.
Yahweh
3 linksThe national god of ancient Israel and Judah.
The national god of ancient Israel and Judah.
Yahweh was also invoked in Jewish or Jewish-influenced Greco-Egyptian magical texts from the 1st to 5th century CE, under the names Iao, Adonai, Sabaoth, and Eloai.
Jah
2 linksJah or Yah (, Yāh) is a short form of יהוה (YHWH), the four letters that form the tetragrammaton, the personal name of God: Yahweh, which the ancient Israelites used.
Hallelujah
2 linksInterjection used as an expression of gratitude and adoration.
Interjection used as an expression of gratitude and adoration.
The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of YHWH (Yahweh or Jehovah in modern English).
Torah
2 linksCompilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
One of its most significant verses is Deuteronomy 6:4, the Shema Yisrael, which has become the definitive statement of Jewish identity: "Hear, O Israel: the Tetragrammaton our God, the is one."
Biblical Hebrew
2 linksArchaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanite branch of Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Israel, roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean Sea.
Archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanite branch of Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Israel, roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean Sea.
Some Qumran texts written in the Assyrian script write the tetragrammaton and some other divine names in Paleo-Hebrew, and this practice is also found in several Jewish-Greek biblical translations.
Beri'ah
3 linksSecond of the four celestial worlds in the Tree of Life of the Kabbalah, intermediate between the World of Emanation (Atziluth) and the World of Formation (Yetzirah), the third world, that of the angels.
Second of the four celestial worlds in the Tree of Life of the Kabbalah, intermediate between the World of Emanation (Atziluth) and the World of Formation (Yetzirah), the third world, that of the angels.
The first of the two letter hei's ה in the Tetragrammaton
Samaritans
3 linksEthnoreligious group who claim to originate from the ancient Israelites.
Ethnoreligious group who claim to originate from the ancient Israelites.
There is one God, YHWH or in Samaritan language "Shehmaa", the same God recognized by the Hebrew prophets.