HErr

herr Herr HERR German Etymology See de Herr. Proper noun m,n.weak Typographical variant of Herr, particularly in German translations of the Bible. Usage notes thumb|So ſpricht der HErr HERR (Ezekiel 13:13) In Jewish practice, the Tetragrammaton (the Hebrew name of God, he יהוה YHWH) is written directly in the Tanakh but spoken aloud as Adonai (he אֲדֹנָי Adonai my Lord). The scholars responsible for the Septuagint translation of the Tanakh into Koine preserved this tradition by writing appearances of the Tetragrammaton as grc ὁ κύριος the supreme one; the Lord, Kyrios) and German translations of the Bible have similarly presented appearances of Adonai as "Herr" or "HErr" while presenting appearances of the Tetragrammaton as "HERR" (see image).