The Tetragrammaton

The Tetragrammaton

The Tetragrammaton represents the name of God in Hebrew 'YHVH' in modern metaphysics this symbol in turn represents 'the essence of the life in the universe', during the centuries has used this symbol (mostly) drawn on a pentagram to represent "the Lord "As the God King of Israel being 'YHVH' the abbreviation for 'Yodh He Waw He' ended up quoted 6,828 times in the Hebrew Bible.

Its literal translation can be "I will exist by myself" or "I am the one who exists by itself", "YHVH" is one of the names most used by the Hebrew God, followed by Adonai among others.

Curiously, if we translate the tetragramaton YHVH from the Paleo-Hebrew language into Aramaic or classical Greek, the result is 'past', 'present' and 'future', alluding to the existential eternity of the God of the Jews and a description of their Own nature.

Tetragramaton in Greek literally means "word composed of four letters," so we use this term to properly refer to "the name of God." According to Genesis when the Jews of Babylon were exiled, it was forbidden to pronounce the name of God in public (except for the High Priests), so they devised the 'YHVH' as a secret form of writing the 'Tetragrammaton' in the old Scrolls

One of the most well-known uses of this name for 'Him' is when it is presented to Moises as 'I Am the One I Am'