The Hebrew consonants Yod (Y) Hey (H) Vav (V or W) Hey (H), or Yahweh, in
Winchester Cathedral. YHVH is called the Tetragrammaton, Greek meaning "four
letters." The masoretic scribes left out the vowels so no one would pronounce this
holy name. (Jehovah became a popular pronunciation in the 16th century through
German translators although there is no "J" sound in the Hebrew).