Endnote 1 – Earliest Appearance of Abbreviation for the Israelite God

Also in a trial for blasphemy, the senior witnesses pronounced the divine name if it had been used by the blasphemer (M. Sanhedrin VI,5). Some scholars—relying on the Mishnah, Sotah 7.6, and the Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin 71a—believe the high priest used it in the daily priestly blessing.