The tetragrammaton (from Greek τετραγράμματον, meaning "(consisting) of four letters") is the Hebrew theonym יהוה, commonly transliterated into Latin letters as YHWH. It is one of the names of the national God of the Israelites used in the Hebrew Bible.Yahweh is the pronunciation of the transliteration YHWH most widely accepted by Hebrew scholars. The Samaritans understand the pronunciation to be iabe.