![]() This rabbinic practice led to the substitution of “Lord,” “God,” and other titles (e.g., “the Name”) when reading the text and to the contemporary practice of writing “the L ORD” in mixed large and small capital letters to represent the Most Holy Name. The combination of the sacred four letters, called the Tetragrammaton, and these vowels produce a word that simply cannot be articulated (try combining the consonants q-r-s-t with the vowels a, e, i there is no such word). Sometimes elohim (God) is called for see Ezekiel 2:4. Unlike other words in the Hebrew Bible, the Four Letters are not accompanied by vowels enabling pronunciation rather, they are accompanied by vowels from a different word, usually adonai (Lord), indicating an acceptable substitution that can be pronounced. Four Hebrew letters, yud-he-vav-he, corresponding to YHWH (or YHVH) represent the Divine Name in the Hebrew Scriptures. ![]()
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