RE: BIBLE DOCTRINE SURVEY - NAMES OF GOD Nr. 1
יהוה Yod Hey Vav Heh
In modern Hebrew there is no “W” sound and the pronunciation of God's Holy Covenant name is Yehovah.
There is some evidence that in ancient Hebrew the Vav was pronounced as “Waw” and the "Tetragrammaton“ (meaning "the four letter word“) was pronounced Yahweh.
It is this form of God’s name, often referred to as the Ineffable Name, that is the most frequently used in the Bible. When you read the word LORD written in all capitals in an English translation of the Old Testament it represents Hebrew Covenant name of God. The primary reason for the use of LORD in place of God's Hebrew name is to follow the tradition of the Israelites in not pronouncing or spelling out God's name.
Orthodox Jews writing in English will omit the vowels when writing L-rd and G-d. Most often they will say, HaShem (the Name) instead of Yehovah because they stress the letter of the Law and do not want to take His name in vain.
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