Jehovah is NOT God’s name

The very first time God revealed his name was at the burning bush.  God was talking Moses into going back to Egypt; but Moses was scared.  He was a wanted man back in Egypt, and was making up excuses why he shouldn’t be the one the children of Israel out of captivity:

Exodus 3:13-15  And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?  What shall I say unto them?  And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.  And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

"I AM THAT I AM,"--spelled "YHWH"--or the shortened form "I AM," is the real name of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  In the King James version everywhere “Lord”  (small capital letters) appears is actually God's given name YHWH – a singular word.  This is known as the “tetragrammaton” which was so sacred to the Jews that they wouldn't speak it aloud.  No one, in fact, knows now how it’s supposed to be pronounced. 

There’s another word translated “Lord” (small letters)--“Adonai.”  It means “master.”  Since all the letters in I AM THAT I AM are consonants, someone took the vowels from Adonai, inserted them in-between the consonants of YHWH, and came up with YaHoWaH (English = Jehovah).  So you see, although people use “Jehovah” for God’s name by convention, it (like "trinity") is a made-up word describing something else we don’t fully understand.

The word “God” used throughout the Old Testament is the Hebrew word "Elohim" – which is a plural word.  So, everyplace the phrase "Lord God"--Lord (singular) God (plural)--appears in the Old Testament think “trinity.”