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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The term Tetragrammaton (from Greek, meaning " having four letters" ) refers to the Hebrew name of the God of Israel YHWH (Hebrew: ) used in the Hebrew Bible. The Tetragrammaton occurs 6,828 times in the Hebrew text of both the Biblia Hebraica and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. It does not appear Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The term Tetragrammaton (from Greek, meaning " having four letters" ) refers to the Hebrew name of the God of Israel YHWH (Hebrew: ) used in the Hebrew Bible. The Tetragrammaton occurs 6,828 times in the Hebrew text of both the Biblia Hebraica and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. It does not appear in the Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, or Esther. It first appears in the Hebrew text in Genesis 2:4. The letters, properly read from right to left (in Biblical Hebrew), are: Front side of the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, or the Old Cathedral, built in 1834 and located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri near the Gateway Arch. The Tetragrammaton is seen on the Tympanum. These four letters are usually transliterated from Hebrew as IHVH in Latin, JHWH in German, French and Dutch, and JHVH/YHWH in English. This has been variously rendered as "Yahweh" or as "Jehovah", based on the Latin form of the term, while the Hebrew text does not clearly indicate the omitted vowels. In English translations, it is often rendered in capital and small capital letters as "the LORD", following Jewish tradition which reads the word as "Adonai" ("Lord") out of respect for the name of God and the interpretation of the commandment not to take the name of God in vain. The word " 'the Name' is also used in Jewish contexts; in Samaritan, " is the normal substitution. The correct pronunciation is not known, the spelling of the name has historically been a matter of some disagreement, and the consensus view at various points in history has not been consistent. in the Karlskirche, Vienna. Observant Jews write down but do not pronounce the Tetragrammaton, because it is considered too sacred to be used for common activities. Even ordinary prayer is considered. More: Books, , Judaic-Inscriptions~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<