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'''Jehovah''' is a personal name of [[God]] used in the [[King James Version]]. It is an attempt to transliterate the [[tetragrammaton]] used in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament. In Hebrew, this word is given as ''Yĕhovah'' or YHWH. Modern scholars have concluded that medieval Jewish scholars intentionally inserted incorrect vowels into an ancient consonant-only text. They did this to prevent God's true name from being pronounced accidentally. The original pronunciation of the tetragrammaton is not known, but "Yahweh" is conventional among modern scholars.

'''Jehovah''' is a personal name of [[God]] used in the [[King James Version]]. It is an attempt to transliterate the [[tetragrammaton]] used in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament. In Hebrew, this word is given as ''Yĕhovah'' or YHWH. Modern scholars have concluded that medieval Jewish scholars intentionally inserted incorrect vowels into an ancient consonant-only text. They did this to prevent God's true name from being pronounced accidentally. The original pronunciation of the tetragrammaton is not known, but "[[Yahweh]]" is conventional among modern scholars.

==Tetragrammaton==

==Tetragrammaton==

Until the destruction of the [[Second Temple]], the divine 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. 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.

Until the destruction of the [[Second Temple]], the divine name was pronounced only by a Jewish high priest on Yom Kippur. Later, the rabbis substituted ''adonai'' (sovereign lord) or ''elohim'' (God) to avoid accidentally profaning the name. 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.

There are over six thousand examples of the tetragrammaton in scripture. English-language translations typically use an all-caps "LORD" or "GOD" to indicate where it occurs.

There are over six thousand examples of the tetragrammaton in scripture. English-language translations typically use an all-caps "LORD" or "GOD" to indicate where it occurs.

==Early translations==

===Early translations===

The [[Vulgate]], the Latin translation of the Bible used in the West used until the Reformation, gives the tetragrammaton as ''Dominus'' (lord). In [[William Tyndale]]'s 1530 English translation of the Bible, the divine name is given as "Iehovah" in Exodus 6:3. The [[Geneva Bible]] of 1560, used by Shakespeare and the Puritans, uses "JEHOVAH" as the name of God in Exodus 6:3 and Psalms 83:18. It also gives the word as a place name in Genesis 22:14 and Exodus 17:15.

The [[Vulgate]], the Latin translation of the Bible used in the West used until the Reformation, gives the tetragrammaton as ''Dominus'' (lord). In [[William Tyndale]]'s 1530 English translation of the Bible, the divine name is given as "Iehovah" in Exodus 6:3. The [[Geneva Bible]] of 1560, used by Shakespeare and the Puritans, uses "JEHOVAH" as the name of God in Exodus 6:3 and Psalms 83:18. It also gives the word as a place name in Genesis 22:14 and Exodus 17:15.

==King James Version==

===King James Version===

In four cases, the KJV gives the divine name as "JEHOVAH":

In four cases, the KJV gives the divine name as "JEHOVAH":

*"And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them." (Exodus 6:3)

*"And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them." (Exodus 6:3)