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|strong=H3068 (''Yĕhovah'')

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}}The '''tetragrammaton''' is a sequence of four Hebrew letters that represents the personal name of God. The four letters are yod <big><big><big> י</big></big></big>, he<big><big><big> ה</big></big></big>, vav <big><big><big> ו</big></big></big>, and he <big><big><big> ה</big></big></big>. They are read from right to left: <big><big><big> יהוה </big></big></big>. These letters are all consonants, so the sequence is unpronounceable. The missing vowels must be assumed. In English, the name is usually given as "[[Jehovah]]" (JHVH) or "[[Yahweh]]." (YHWH).

}}The '''tetragrammaton''' is a sequence of four Hebrew letters that represent the personal name of God. In English, it is usually given as YHWH. The Masoretic text, the standard modern Hebrew text of the Old Testament, adds vowels to the consonant-only ancient text. It gives the tetragrammaton as ''Yĕhovah''. The King James Version transliterates this as "[[Jehovah]]." The tetragrammaton appears 6,519 times in the Old Testament.

In the Masoretic text, the standard Hebrew text of the Old Testament, the tetragrammaton is given as ''Yĕhovah''. It is used 6,519 times.

The Masoretic text was vowelized in the Middle Ages. Giving the original pronunciation was considered sacrilegious, so the ''Yĕhovah'' spelling intentionally misrepresents the pronunciation. Modern scholars have reconstructed the original pronunciation as "[[Yahweh]]." [[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]].

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 Hebrew, the four letters are yod <big><big><big> י</big></big></big>, he<big><big><big> ה</big></big></big>, vav <big><big><big> ו</big></big></big>, and he <big><big><big> ה</big></big></big>. They are read from right to left: <big><big><big> יהוה </big></big></big>.  

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."