Jehovah means the name of God in Hebrew.

It plays an important role in both Christianity and Judaism. In Judaism, Jehovah is the Creator, the Almighty God, the Supreme God, the protector of the nation of Israel, and is called the "God of All."

In Christianity, Jehovah is also the creator of the universe. He is one of the three gods in the Trinity. He is called "Heavenly Father" and is one of the cores of Christian faith. In Hebrew, Jehovah means "who am I", indicating that he is the eternal God and the creator and master of all things.

The noun "Jehovah" comes from the Hebrew Old Testament. The only true God worshiped by the ancient Hebrews did not dare to call him by his name out of reverence. In the scriptures, his name was written as "JHWH". Only the consonants were recorded, not the vowels, and it could not be spelled out when reading the Bible or praying. , use "adhonay" (meaning "my lord") instead.

The origin of the name Jehovah:

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, translators had difficulty determining the corresponding Chinese word for "God", so they used the Latin concept "Deus (heavenly)" Transliteration "Tusi" instead. The first person to translate "God" into "God" was Matteo Ricci. In his "On Friendship" written in 1595, he began to use the concept of "God" to refer to the Creator.

When Matteo Ricci read and studied Chinese classics with a Christian perspective, he discovered the concepts of "Heaven" and "God" in the Chinese classics, and thought that they could be used to translate "Deus"; later, he understood Zhu Xi interpreted "Heaven" as a kind of meaning, which is different from the meaning of "Deus" in the Bible, so he used "God" and "God" to translate it.