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Jehovah , modern reconstruction of the ancient Hebrew ineffable name of God ( Yahweh ).

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Jehovah Latinized representation of the name of the God of the Israelites. The name Jehovah developed during the Middle Ages from the Latin framework of the sacred name Yahweh (JHVH) and the vowels from Adonai (short a, o, and a).

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Jehovah The divine name for the Hebrews was YHWH; but so sacred a word was not pronounced by Jews—and they substituted Adonai (Lord). But when vowels were added to the Hebrew script, the vowel points inserted in YHWH were those of Adonai, producing the form Jehovah as in AV and frequently in English usage.

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