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Line 1: − + − + − − These are all consonants, so the sequence is unpronounceable unless missing vowels are assumed. In English, it is usually given as "[[Jehovah]]" '''JHVH''' or "[[Yahweh]]" '''YHVH''' yhwh. In ancient Hebrew speech, Vav ''may'' have been pronounced "'''w'''", being used as a vowel, and is sometimes for this reason transliterated as "w".
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|hebrew='''יהוה'''
|hebrew=<big>'''יהוה'''</big>
|hebrewr=YHVH
|hebrewr=YHVH
|strong=H3068 (''Yĕhovah'')
|strong=H3068 (''Yĕhovah'')
}}The '''tetragrammaton''' is a sequence of four Hebrew letters that refers to the name of God. The four letters are '''Y'''od <big><big><big> י</big></big></big>, '''H'''e<big><big><big> ה</big></big></big>, '''V'''av <big><big><big> ו</big></big></big>, and '''H'''e <big><big><big> ה</big></big></big> — read from right to left<big><big><big> יהוה </big></big></big> ←.
}}The '''tetragrammaton''' is a sequence of four Hebrew letters that represents the personal name of God. These letters are all consonants, so the sequence is unpronounceable and missing vowels must be assumed. In English, the name is usually given as "[[Jehovah]]" (JHVH) or "[[Yahweh]]." (YHWH).
In the Masoretic text, the standard Hebrew text of the Old Testament, the tetragrammaton is given as ''Yĕhovah''. This text was vowelized in the Middle Ages. Attempting to give the original pronunciation was considered sacrilegious by this time, so this pronunciation is an artifice. [[Judaism|Jews]] believe that the Lord's true name is unspeakable until the arrival of the [[messiah]] and the restoration of the [[Temple of Jerusalem|Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]].
In the Masoretic text, the standard Hebrew text of the Old Testament, the tetragrammaton is given as ''Yĕhovah''. This text was vowelized in the Middle Ages. Attempting to give the original pronunciation was considered sacrilegious by this time, so this pronunciation is an artifice. [[Judaism|Jews]] believe that the Lord's true name is unspeakable until the arrival of the [[messiah]] and the restoration of the [[Temple of Jerusalem|Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]].