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qere perpetuum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
qere per-petu-um
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the liturgical use of the Tanakh, a fixed substitution that is always expected when a certain written word is read out, most notably אֲדוֹנָי (ăḏônāy, literally “my Lord(s)”) for יהוה (YHVH), the name of God; an indication of such a substitution.

Etymology

From Latin perpetuus (“perpetual”). See qere.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

qere perpetua (plural)

Questions

What does qere perpetuum mean?
In the liturgical use of the Tanakh, a fixed substitution that is always expected when a certain written word is read out, most notably אֲדוֹנָי (ăḏônāy, literally “my Lord(s)”) for יהוה (YHVH), the name of God; an indication of such a substitution.
Where does qere perpetuum come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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