YHWH also YHVH or JHVH or JHWH (yo?od?hä?väv?hä?, yä?w?, yä?w?)n. The Hebrew Tetragrammaton representing the name of God.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.