St. Jerome: So how would I write HIS NAME in Latin so that I may know how to pronounce it correctly? I’m still very much a beginner at learning Hebrew.
Us: You should write it with the Latin letters: IAHO.
St. Jerome: Oh really!? But for us Latin-speakers the letter “H” is a silent letter if its not the first letter of a word.
Us: We know. Your language got that from ours. Our language is the oldest language.
St. Jerome: Wow! So you mean HIS NAME is pronounced YA’OH?
Us: You damn right.
SOURCE:
Jerome, Comm. in Ps. 8.2, CCL 72.191:
“Nomen Domini apud Hebraeos quattor litterarum est, iod, he, vau, he: quod proprie Dei vocabulum sonet, et legi potest IAHO.”
His Name is YA’OH
Always has been. Always will be.