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|hebrew=<big><big><big>'''יהוה'''</big></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 word as "[[Jehovah]]." The tetragrammaton appears 6,519 times in the Old Testament.

}}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 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 word as "[[Jehovah]]." The tetragrammaton appears 6,519 times in the Old Testament.

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

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

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."

In Hebrew, 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>). They are read from right to left: <big><big>יהוה</big></big>.  

In ancient Hebrew, 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>). They are read from right to left: <big><big>יהוה</big></big>.  

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