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''Synopsis:'Yahweh''' Jehovah (from the Hebrew YHWH; also sometimes falsely transliterated Yahweh'''Jehovah''') is the personal name of [[God]], occuring over 6,000 times in the [[Bible]]. God Himself says: "This In [[Judaism|Jewish]] tradition, the name has become so [[YHWHholy]] that it is my taboo to pronounce it except at the most solemn ceremonies. [[Christian]]s are generally more lenient on its pronounciation. The name foreveris also known as the ''Tetragrammaton'' ([[Greek]]: word with four letters), because it is spelt in [[Hebrew]] with four letters: yod, he, waw, and this is my memorial he. The [[Masoretic text]] of the [[Hebrew bible]] vocalized the Hebrew consonants with the vocals of the words [[adonaj]] or [[elohim]]. This lead to all generationsthe misinterpretation of the name as Jehova in the [[19th century]]." (The original vocals are known from the ancient Greek translation [[Exodus 3:15Septuagint]]).

----__TOC__{{topics}}* [[Exodus 3:15]] {{opinions}} [[Jehovah (EBD)|Easton's Bible Dictionary entry on Jehovah]] ==Main article== '''Jehovah''' (also transliterated '''Yahweh''') is the personal name of [[God]], occuring over 6,000 times in the [[Bible]]. In Hebrew tradition, the name has become so [[holy]] that it is taboo to pronounce it except at the most solemn ceremonies. [[Christian]]s are generally more lenient on its pronounciation. The name is also known as the ''Tetragrammaton'' ([[Greek]]: word with four letters), because it is spelt in [[Hebrew]] with four letters: yod, he, waw, and he. God Himself says: "This [YHWH] is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations." ([[Exodus 3:15]])}}