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Visual depiction of The Tetragrammaton YHWH

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Vol. IV · Monotheism

The Tetragrammaton YHWH

four sacred Hebrew letters yod-heh-vav-heh in a radiant halo on aged parchment


too holy to speak, surrounded by ancient priestly symbols and incense smoke

Organization
Abrahamic Monotheism
Time period
c. 1200 BCE – present
Location
Worldwide

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Names of the One God has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.