1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TETRAGRAMMATON (r'tTrapa, four; Tp^/xa, letter), a Greek compound, found in Philo and Josephus, which designates the divine name composed of the four Hebrew letters J H V H (nw). The derivation and pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton is still doubtful. The form " Jehovah " (q.v.) used in some of the English Versions is an error which arose in the i6th century. It is now generally assumed that the word is the causative form (ftiph'il) and should be pronounced Yahveh or Yahweh (accent on second syllable). The Jews qu…
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