Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
TETRAGRAMMATON
Tetragrammaton
(noun) four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Tetragrammaton
The four Hebrew letters יהוה (in transliteration, YHWH or JHVH) used as the ineffable name of God in the Hebrew Bible, variously transliterated as Yahweh or Jehovah.
Source: Wiktionary
Tet`ra*gram"ma*ton, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Tetra-) +
Definition: The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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