qere perpetuum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin perpetuus (“perpetual”). See qere. === Noun === qere perpetuum (plural qere perpetua) In the liturgical use of the Tanakh, a fixed substitution that is always expected when a certain written word is read out, most notably אֲדוֹנָי (ăḏônāy, literally “my Lord(s)”) for יהוה (YHVH), the name of God; an indication of such a substitution.