<P> The consensus among scholars is that the historical vocalization of the Tetragrammaton at the time of the redaction of the Torah ( 6th century BCE ) is most likely Yahweh . The historical vocalization was lost because in Second Temple Judaism , during the 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE , the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton came to be avoided , being substituted with Adonai ( `` my Lord '' ) . The Hebrew vowel points of Adonai were added to the Tetragrammaton by the Masoretes , and the resulting form was transliterated around the 12th century as Yehowah . The derived forms Iehouah and Jehovah first appeared in the 16th century . </P>
<P> The consensus among scholars is that the historical vocalization of the Tetragrammaton at the time of the redaction of the Torah ( 6th century BCE ) is most likely Yahweh . The historical vocalization was lost because in Second Temple Judaism , during the 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE , the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton came to be avoided , being substituted with Adonai ( `` my Lord '' ) . The Hebrew vowel points of Adonai were added to the Tetragrammaton by the Masoretes , and the resulting form was transliterated around the 12th century as Yehowah . The derived forms Iehouah and Jehovah first appeared in the 16th century . </P>
when was jehovah name taken out of the bible
when was jehovah name taken out of the bible
6th century BCE
6th century BCE