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|hebrew=<big><big>'''יהוה'''</big></big>

|hebrew=<big><big><big>'''יְהֹוָה'''</big></big></big>

|hebrewr=YHVH

|hebrewr=Yĕhovah

|strong=H3068 (''Yĕhovah'')

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}}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.

}}The '''tetragrammaton''' is a sequence of four Hebrew consonants that represent a personal name of God. In English, it is usually represented as YHWH. In the modern Hebrew text, the tetragrammaton is given with the vowel points of Adonai, as ''Yĕhovah''. This word appears 6,519 times in scripture. In the [[King James Version]], it is usually indicated with an all-caps "GOD" or "LORD." In four cases, the KJV transliterates the tetragrammaton as "[[Jehovah|JEHOVAH]]."

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]].

In ancient Hebrew, there were no vowels but only consonants. In the [[Dead Sea scrolls]], the tetragrammaton is given without vowels. In Middle Ages, a group of Jewish scholars called the Masorites vowelized the Hebrew scripture. In the case of the tetragrammaton, the Masoretic text intentionally misrepresents pronunciation so as to prevent the Lord's name from being used sacrilegiously. Modern scholars have reconstructed the original pronunciation as "[[Yahweh]]."

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 four letters are yod (<big><big>י</big></big>), he (<big><big>ה</big></big>), vav (<big><big>ו</big></big>), and he (<big><big>ה</big></big>). Hebrew is read from right to left.  

The word "tetragrammaton" is from a Greek word meaning "consisting of four letters."

In Hebrew, the tetragrammaton is generally read in prayer as Adonai, and in regular conversation as Hashem (השם).

==External link==

==External links==

[https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Vav/vav.html Hebrew 4 Christians: Vav]

*Hebrew 4 Christians, "[https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Vav/vav.html Vav]."

 

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz_m118Yheg Hebrew Alphabet (Just the letters)], from Judaism 101 http://www.jewfaq.org (youtube.com)e — ''audio instruction''.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz_m118Yheg Hebrew Alphabet (Just the letters), from Judaism 101 http://www.jewfaq.org (youtube.com)] — ''audio instruction''.

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