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YHVH in the ''Megami Tensei'' franchise represents the God of the Abrahamic religions. In these religions, YHVH is the supreme creator of the universe and all that is in it, and is considered to be the only god: the existence of all other gods is rejected. Most Christian denominations consider God to be a trinity consisting of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, but this doctrine is rejected in Judaism, Islam, and Unitarian Christianity. | YHVH in the ''Megami Tensei'' franchise represents the God of the Abrahamic religions. In these religions, YHVH is the supreme creator of the universe and all that is in it, and is considered to be the only god: the existence of all other gods is rejected. Most Christian denominations consider God to be a trinity consisting of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, but this doctrine is rejected in Judaism, Islam, and Unitarian Christianity. | ||
The name YHVH{{Note|Hebrew: יהוה}} (also rendered as YHWH | The name YHVH{{Note|Hebrew: יהוה}} (also rendered as YHWH or JHVH), referred to as the Tetragrammaton (Greek for "[name of] four letters"), is used in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament as the personal name of God. The name is derived from the Hebrew verb meaning "to be,"{{Note|Hebrew: הָיָה}} which is referenced in Exodus 3:14 with God telling Moses "I am that I am"{{Note|Hebrew: אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה}} and that Moses should tell the Israelites that "I am" has sent him. | ||
Over time, the name YHVH became considered too sacred to say aloud, and so in speaking began to be replaced with ''Adonai'' (the Lord); as such, in English versions of the Bible, it is conventionally translated as "the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span>," with the small capitals distinguishing uses of YHVH in the original Hebrew from uses of ''Adonai''. Another traditional way of rendering the name YHVH in English is "Jehovah;" this spelling originates from Jewish scribes putting the vowel marks for ''Adonai'' onto the Tetragrammaton in the Masoretic text, and then the Tetragrammaton being transcribed into English with those vowels. The scholarly consensus for the original pronunciation of the name is "Yahweh." | |||
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