it has also been pronounced as "yehova" in hebrew as a substitute word for the tetragrammaton. this is because hebrew pointing, or vowel symbols, are often put under the yhwh, making . the vowels used come from the hebrew word for lord, "adonai", which after the last captivity, was substituted and the vowels of "adonai" forced into the tetragrammaton, incorrectly spelling god's hebrew name as "yahovah".