| − | The divine name appears over 6,800 times in the Hebrew-Aramaic portion of the scripture. Until the destruction of the [[Second Temple]], the name was pronounced only by the Jewish high priest on Yom Kippur. Over time, the practice of substituting "adonai" (sovereign lord) or "elohim" (God) to avoid accidentally profaning the name became Rabbinic tradition, and the name's true pronunciation was lost. The pronunciation "Jehovah" comes from inserting the Hebrew vowels of the word "adonai" into a Latinized tetragrammaton ("JHVH"). It bears little resemblance the name as it was originally pronounced. | + | The divine name appears over 6,800 times in the Hebrew-Aramaic portion of the scripture. Until the destruction of the [[Second Temple]], the name was pronounced only by the Jewish high priest on Yom Kippur. Later, the rabbis substituted "adonai" (sovereign lord) or "elohim" (God) to avoid accidentally profaning the name became tradition. The pronunciation "Jehovah" comes from inserting the Hebrew vowels of the word "adonai" into a Latinized tetragrammaton ("JHVH"). It bears little resemblance to the divine name as it was originally pronounced. |