, an early greek form of the tetragrammaton, or name of god the tetragrammaton (/ttrrmtn/; from ancient greek  (tetragrmmaton)'[consisting of] four letters'), or the tetragram, is the four-letter hebrew theonym  (transliterated as yhwh or yhvh), the name of god in the hebrew bible. the four letters, written and read from right to left (in hebrew), are yodh, he, waw, and he.[1] the name may be derived from a verb that means "to be", "to exist", "to cause to become", or "to come to pass".[2] while there is no consensus about the structure and etymology of the name, the form yahweh is now accepted almost universally, though the vocalization jehovah continues to have wide usage.
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