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  2. Tetragrammaton - Wikipedia

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    Hebrew letters used to indicate vowels are known as אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה ‎ (imot kri'a) or matres lectionis ("mothers of reading"). Therefore, it can be difficult to deduce how a word is pronounced from its spelling, and each of the four letters in the Tetragrammaton can individually serve as a mater lectionis.

  3. Shem HaMephorash - Wikipedia

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    Shem HaMephorash (Hebrew: שֵׁם הַמְּפֹרָשׁ Šēm hamMəfōrāš, also Shem ha-Mephorash), meaning "the explicit name", was originally a Tannaitic term for the Tetragrammaton. [1] In Kabbalah, it may refer to a name of God composed of either 4, 12, 22, 42, or 72 letters (or triads of letters), the latter version being the most ...

  4. Names of God in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    The Tetragrammaton in the Ketef Hinnom silver scrolls with the Priestly Blessing from the Book of Numbers [10] (c. 600 BCE). Also abbreviated Jah, the most common name of God in the Hebrew Bible is the Tetragrammaton, יהוה, which is usually transliterated as YHWH.

  5. List of Hebrew abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    This is likely when the letters are in reverse alef-beit order, or when the abbreviation consists of a single letter followed by a geresh. For example, the year תשע״ד or [5]774 AM, or the ד׳ רוּחוֹת four directions. To indicate a double meaning, where both the gematria of the word or phrase should be taken, as well as the plain ...

  6. Hebrew alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the Paleo-Hebrew writing script, the modern Hebrew script has five letters that have special final forms, called sofit (Hebrew: סופית, meaning in this context "final" or "ending") form, used only at the end of a word, somewhat as in the Greek or in the Arabic and Mandaic alphabets.

  7. Help:IPA/Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Hebrew on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hebrew in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.

  8. Niqqud - Wikipedia

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    In Hebrew orthography, niqqud or nikud (Hebrew: נִקּוּד, Modern: nikúd, Tiberian: niqqūḏ, "dotting, pointing" or Hebrew: נְקֻדּוֹת, Modern: nekudót, Tiberian: nəquddōṯ, "dots") is a system of diacritical signs used to represent vowels or distinguish between alternative pronunciations of letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

  9. Talk:Tetragrammaton - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew acronym שח"ק (Shach"ak) represents the vowels used in the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton. חָשַׁ֥ק is the word for love or desire. One of the decoder words for the vowels YHVH handed down by the sages in Deuteronomy 10:15 (חָשַׁ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה) and Psalm 91:14 (כִּ֤י בִ֣י חָ֭שַׁק).