Jehovah is the name given to God in the Old Testament.
Jehovah in British English
(dʒɪˈhəʊvə)
noun
Old Testament
the personal name of God, revealed to Moses on Mount Horeb (Exodus 3)
Word origin
C16: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew YHVH: the original vocalization was consideredtoo sacred to be pronounced and the vowels of Eloah (God) were therefore substitutedin the Masoretic text, whence Yetto Vah
Jehovah in American English
(dʒɪˈhoʊvə)
noun
God; (the) Lord
Word origin
modern transliteration of the Tetragrammaton YHWH; the vowels appear through arbitrarytransference of the vowel points of Adōnāi, my Lord: see Yahweh