In the more careful translations of the bible, when the word LORD is written in small capitals it is not a generic title, but a substitute translators developed to refer specifically to the Hebrew god, Yahweh. Yahweh was represented by four Hebrew letters, YHWH. This was known as the tetragrammaton, from the Greek for “having four letters.” But given the taboo on using the name, the word “LORD” in small caps was substituted.
