Jehovah

Jehovah, an utterable variation of the unutterable Jahveh, the Hebrew name for the Supreme Being, formed by combining Jahveh with Adonay, "The Lord." Both Jehovah and Jahveh are called the tetragrcimmaton or "four-lettered name," vowels not being counted as letters in the Hebrew writing. The name is thought to mean "the eternal" or "theunchangeable." The distinctions between the use of the terms Jehovah and Elohim in the Pentateuch have been the subject of much controversy in recent times. The former seems to have connoted the deity as ruler, preserver, and object of worship; the latter the absolute, unknowable deity and1 author of being. In short, Jehovah was the God of Israel.