N(名词) the Hebrew name for God revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3), consisting of the four consonants Y H V H (or Y H W H) and regarded by Jews as too sacred to be pronounced. It is usually transliterated as Jehovah or Yahweh 上帝; 摩西在西乃山上所获知的上帝的希伯来之名,由YHVH或YHWH四个辅音字母组成,犹太人认为此名神圣不能随意称呼,通常被翻译为Jehovah或Yahweh,音译为耶和华 (Sometimes shortened to Tetragram) [Bible]