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The Hebrew Bible explains it by the formula אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה (’ehye ’ăšer ’ehye pronounced [ʔehˈje ʔaˈʃer ʔehˈje] transl. he – transl. I Am that I Am), the name of God revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:14. [6]
The Tetragrammaton, referred to in rabbinic literature as HaShem (The Name) or Shem Hameforash (The Special Name), is the word used to refer to the four-letter word, yud-hey-vav-hey (יהוה), that is the name for God used in the Hebrew Bible.
Jewish texts and source sheets about The Tetragrammaton from Torah, Talmud and other sources in Sefaria's library. The Hebrew letters ‘yud,’ ‘hey,’ ‘vav,’ and ‘hey’ (in English, YHVH) form what is known as the Tetragrammaton, or God’s four-letter name.
19 mar 2024 · Look into a Torah scroll or Tehillim and you’ll discover that very often G‑d ’s name is written as four Hebrew letters: yud, hei, vav, hei. However, this name is never actually said aloud by Jewish people, and it is unknown how to pronounce it.
In the Tanakh, YHVH (יהוה) is the personal name of God and his most frequent designation, occurring over 6,800 times. This is the Mysterious or "Unutterable Name" of the God of Israel. Because it is composed from the four Hebrew letters Yod, Hey, Vav, and Hey, it is also referred to as the "Tetragrammaton," which simply means "the four ...
9 sty 2019 · One of the names of God that occurs most frequently (6,823 times) in the OT, is the so-called Tetragrammaton, יהוה – this is the most important of God’s Names. It is the four-letter Name represented by the Hebrew letters י.ה.ו.ה (Yod-Hei-Vav-Hei, from right to left).
The two yuds constitute a vital force in two of G‑d’s names: The first name of G‑d, the Tetragrammaton, is spelled י-ה-ו-ה — yud - hei - vav - hei. The Tetragrammaton represents G‑d as He is beyond nature.
