ätˈbäsh, äth-, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
also at·bash ät-, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷
( -es )
Etymology: Hebrew athbash, a word formed from the first, last, second, and next-to-last letters of the Hebrew alphabet
: a cipher used in Jewish mystical and allegorical writing in which each letter of a word is replaced by that letter which stands as many places from the end of the Hebrew alphabet as the letter replaced stands from the beginning — compare albam