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"masculine"
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"word": "četveroslov"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the four Hebrew letters י-ה-ו-ה, used as the ineffable name of God",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "četveroslovlje"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the four Hebrew letters י-ה-ו-ה, used as the ineffable name of God",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tetragram"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the four Hebrew letters י-ה-ו-ה, used as the ineffable name of God",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tetragrámaton"
}
],
"word": "Tetragrammaton"
}
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