G-d

• 1 English
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  • 1.2 See also
  • 1.3 Anagrams

English

Proper noun

G-d

1. (Judaism) A deliberately incomplete spelling of God

Usage notes

• Based on the words in Deut. 12:3-4, ... which states "and you shall destroy the names of pagan gods from their places. You shall not do similarly to God your Lord." ... the rabbis deduced that it is forbidden to erase the name of God from a written document. Since any paper upon which God's name was written might be discarded and thus "erased", the rabbis forbade explicitly writing the name of God, except in Holy Books, with provisions for the proper disposal of such books.

See also

• Sevenval
• keyboard (lit. the browser diversity, Hebrew phrase with the same idea)

Anagrams

• DG