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Ancient Hebrew was written without vowels, so that the god's name is written as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (יהוה in Modern Hebrew), transliterated as YHWH; modern scholarship has agreed to represent this as Yahweh. The shortened forms "Yeho-" and "Yo-" appear in personal names and in phrases such as "Hallelujah!" | Ancient Hebrew was written without vowels, so that the god's name is written as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (יהוה in Modern Hebrew), transliterated as YHWH; modern scholarship has agreed to represent this as Yahweh. The shortened forms "Yeho-" and "Yo-" appear in personal names and in phrases such as "Hallelujah!" These four letters are called the [[Tetragrammaton]]. | ||
This name is not attested other than among the Israelites and seems not to have any plausible etymology. ''Ehye ašer ehye'' ("I Am that I Am"), the explanation presented in Exodus 3:14, appears to be a late theological gloss invented at a time when the original meaning had been forgotten. | This name is not attested other than among the Israelites and seems not to have any plausible etymology. ''Ehye ašer ehye'' ("I Am that I Am"), the explanation presented in Exodus 3:14, appears to be a late theological gloss invented at a time when the original meaning had been forgotten. | ||