I'm looking for a letter, word or symbol for the word "God" - in
Hebrew and Yiddish.

I know the following in Hebrew: elohim, אלוהים, ha-el, האל, and the
abbreviation: 'ה

The word "elohim" is, I think, an English transliteration.  That's not
what I need.  I need to see the word written-typed in Hebrew and
Yiddish - not in English.

I know it isn't allowed to write the word "God" in the Torah.  By
custom, I think the  Torah uses a letter, a symbol, or a word as a
substitute.

This is for a novel, to be used at the beginning of sentences as well
as in the middle of sentences.  I would like to be able to capitalize
the first letter of the word (or letter or symbol) as well as use it
in lower case.

Clarification as to whether I can use your answer with the first
letter lower case AND/OR capitalized would help.

To distinguish what in your answer is Hebrew and what in your answer
is Yiddish would help.

?The Tetragrammaton is the usual reference to the Hebrew name for God,
which is spelled (in Hebrew); ? (yod) ? (heh) ? (vav) ? (heh) or ????
(YHWH)."

"Of all the names of God in the Old Testament, that which occurs most
frequently is the Tetragrammaton, appearing 6,823 times according to
the Jewish Encyclopedia. The Biblia Hebraica and Biblia Hebraica
Stuttgartensia texts of the Hebrew Scriptures contain the
Tetragrammaton 6,828 times.
In Judaism, the Tetragrammaton is the ineffable name of God, and is
not pronounced. In the reading aloud of the scripture or in prayer, it
is replaced with Adonai ("my Lord"). Other written forms such as ?? or
?? are read as Hashem (The Name), for the same reason.?

Read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh


?TETRAGRAMMATON is the Greek word for FOUR LETTERS, referring to the
Four Letter Name of God ? YUD HEY VAV HEY.?

"Since the Name YUD HEY VAV HEY was considered too sacred to be
pronounced, ADONAI was enunciated in its place.?

http://www.hebrewletters.com/results.cfm?catid2=534



Here is the Tetragrammaton as it appears in the Dead Sea scrolls where
it was written in the ancient Hebrew script.
http://pages.cthome.net/hirsch/tetragrm.gif


Here is the Tetragrammaton in Hebrew letters.
http://pages.cthome.net/hirsch/tetra.jpg


Adonay (or Adonai) is another word for God, Hebrew for "Lord." 

This is how it is written in Hebrew.
http://www.organelle.org/organelle/72/lord.gif


In prayer books, the two Hebrew letters Yud Yud is read as Adonai .

Here is an image.
http://www.organelle.org/organelle/72/n2b.gif


There are no capital letters in HEbrew. 
http://www.bambili.com/right_asp/heb-print.asp


Yiddish is a Germanic language and is written using Hebrew characters.

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/yiddish.htm


The word God in Yiddish is Got or Gott.

God - ????

Scroll down to the center of the following page to see how it's written.
http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/entire-ey.htm



Search terms:
God, Hebrew, Yiddish, Adonai, Adonay, 


I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Comprehensive.  Informative.  The information about the subject is
moving.  Thank you.

Firebird,
Thank you very much for the five star rating and generous tip!
--Bobbie7