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External link to https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Vav/vav.html with statement how Vav may have been pronounced in ancient Hebrew, and its occasional use as a vowel
}}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 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> ←.
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.
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".
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]].
The word "tetragrammaton" is from a Greek word meaning "consisting of four letters."
The word "tetragrammaton" is from a Greek word meaning "consisting of four letters."
==External link==
[https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Vav/vav.html Hebrew 4 Christians: Vav]
[[Category:Judaism]]
[[Category:Judaism]]