In Hebrew, the name is ("YHWH yirʾe"). The first word of the phrase is the Tetragrammaton (), "YHWH", the most common name of God in the Hebrew Bible, which is usually given the pronunciation "Yahweh" in scholarly works. "Jehovah" is a Christian anglicized vocalization of this name using the vowels of Adonai. Following a Jewish tradition of not pronouncing God's proper name, YHWH is generally translated in English bibles as "the " or "" in capital letters, just as in Jewish worship it is traditionally not pronounced but the word "Adonai" ("Lord") or "Elohim" ("God") is used instead.