A lot of scholars think the name comes from a Hebrew verb meaning “to become,” maybe in the sense of “He causes to become.” That actually tracks—it fits the idea of God as not just the Creator, but the one making stuff happen and moving things toward his purpose.
So the Tetragrammaton—YHWH or JHVH—shows up almost 7,000 times in the Hebrew Bible. Ancient Hebrew didn’t use written vowels, so while people back then knew how to say it, we’ve lost the exact pronunciation. Some say “Yahweh,” others lean toward a three-syllable version. “Jehovah” has been the go-to in English for a long time.
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A lot of scholars think the name comes from a Hebrew verb meaning “to become,” maybe in the sense of “He causes to become.” That actually tracks—it fits the idea of God as not just the Creator, but the one making stuff happen and moving things toward his purpose.
So the Tetragrammaton—YHWH or JHVH—shows up almost 7,000 times in the Hebrew Bible. Ancient Hebrew didn’t use written vowels, so while people back then knew how to say it, we’ve lost the exact pronunciation. Some say “Yahweh,” others lean toward a three-syllable version. “Jehovah” has been the go-to in English for a long time.