Tetragrammaton 四字神名
（重定向自IHVH）
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![Transcription of the Divine Name as ΙΑΩ in the 1st-century BCE Septuagint manuscript 4Q120.](/Images/godic/202502/08/4Q120_frg20_with_Divine_Name5727.jpg")
![The spelling of the tetragrammaton and connected forms in the Hebrew Masoretic text of the Bible, with vowel points shown in red.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Tetragrammaton-related-Masoretic-vowel-points5727.png")
![The Mesha Stele bears the earliest known reference (840 BCE) to the Israelite God Yahweh.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Louvre_042010_015727.jpg")
The tetragrammaton (from Greek Τετραγράμματον), meaning "(consisting) of four letters", is the Hebrew theonym יהוה, commonly transliterated into Latin letters as YHWH. It is one of the names of God used in the Hebrew Bible. The name may be derived from a verb that means "to be", "to exist", "to cause to become", or "to come to pass".