HErr

See also: herr, Herr, and HERR

German

Etymology

See Herr.

Proper noun

HErr m (genitive HErrn)

  1. Typographical variant of Herr, particularly in German translations of the Bible.

Usage notes

In Jewish practice, the Tetragrammaton (the Hebrew name of God, יהוה‎ (YHWH)) is written directly in the Tanakh but spoken aloud as Adonai (Hebrew 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 ὁ κύριος (ho kúrios, “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).

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