According to Jewish Virtual Library website,
“Some Christian scholars render the four-letter Name as
"Jehovah," but this pronunciation is particularly unlikely. The word
"Jehovah" comes from the fact that ancient Jewish texts used to put
the vowels of the Name "Adonai" (the usual substitute for YHVH) under
the consonants of YHVH to remind people not to pronounce YHVH as written. A
sixteenth century German Christian scribe, while transliterating the Bible into
Latin for the Pope, wrote the Name out as it appeared in his texts, with the
consonants of YHVH and the vowels of Adonai, and came up with the word JeHoVaH,
and the name stuck.” – From: Jewish Virtual Library.
We know His revealed name of salvation, that is above every
name and which every knee will one day bow, is JESUS. (Acts 4:12, Philippians
2:9-10).
In the Old Testament in the King James Version, the four
letters are usually translated as “LORD,” or “GOD.”
If we would like to change the word “Jehovah” in songs that
we sing, we can substitute “my Jesus” instead…
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