Jehovah or Yahweh?

[nebula]

Why not just use God?

Because "God" means so many things to so any different people, and not all of those things are the LORD.

[Botz]

Yes there are lots of names for God, over 10 if I remember correctly.. but where did the name "Jehovah" come from? And why do some people insist it's the true rendering of the Tetragrammaton?

That is what my original question was..

Nobody knows exactly what YHVH/ יהוה like as like other Hebrew words, it does not have the vowels (nikkudot) with it, and in reverence to the name of G-d, the Jewish Scribes did not attempt to include vowels or 'sound points' to the name, but when reading it would use Adonai, meaning L-rd in it's place....there is also no 'W' in Hebrew. We have come to know the L-rd's name as Yeshua (although there is even a deal of controversy over this) however if there were no vowels it would be ישוע which would look like this YSHVA and as you can see from the Hebrew, is also a Tetragrammaton...eg a four -letter word, because the SH called 'Shin or Sin' is a single letter.

When G-d revealed Himself to Moses as 'I AM THAT I AM' it stems from the verb 'To Be', and the very first verse of Genesis says 'IN THE BEGINNING G-D.......' He is the Unsearchable One who has been from all Eternity, and has chosen to reveal Himself through His Word, His Prophets and His Son.

Hebrews 1:1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. 3And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.

[Blien]

Thanks Bots, that was very interesting..

[Guest shiloh357]

Yes there are lots of names for God, over 10 if I remember correctly.. but where did the name "Jehovah" come from? And why do some people insist it's the true rendering of the Tetragrammaton?

That is what my original question was..

Jehovah and Yahweh are English attempts at pronouncing the Tetragrammaton. The truth is that we really do not know the original pronunciation of that word and that is for the best.

[Rick-Parker]

God called Himself "I AM".

[Guest yod]

I use "Abba"

[Slepsog4]

The Hebrew name for God consists of 4 consonants -- YHWH. This is called the tetragrammaton or tetragram for short.

Once the Jews went into Babylonian captivity it appears that they lost the precise pronunciation and a superstition developed about not taking His name in vain.

Some scholars developed a system of vowel points to be added to the consonants of the Hebrew text to assist readers.

There are at least six different sets of points associated with YHWH.

Part of this came from an effort to get readers to skip the word and substitute an expression like -- ha shem (the name) or adonay (Lord).

When the makes of the Latin text came across some of this they blended the consonants of one word with a completely different word and created a hybrid term -- Iehovah.

This came across directly into English and in 1630 the letter "j" became part of the alphabet and the term Jehovah came into existence.

I don't know that it does any real violence to His name, but Yahweh is highly likely the correct pronunciation.

[~candice~]

I use "Abba"

Mumma Mia!

[Babbler]

The name Jehovah came from a false reading of the Hebrew word Yahweh, which traces back to I am who am. The Jews would not pronounce the name of God because of its sacredness. From transcripts found were written the word Adonai (My Lord) and Elohim, above or below the name YHWH. They used those names instead of the sacred name, YHWH.

Centuries later, Cabbalistic Jewish biblical scholars placed the vowel signs that had appeared above or beneath the consonants of YHWH with the vowel signs of Adonai or of Elohim. Thus, the artificial name Jehovah (YeHoWaH) came into being.

There recently was a video showing an site where Christian Jews were living in Israel in the fourth century. The name they used for Jesus was Yeshua. After all the debate about his proper name this archaelogical site confirmed for me his true name.

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

Why not just use YHWH?

Why not just use God?

Sure, you can use God, or any of His names. Why not Elohim .

God/Jehovah/Yahweh/YHWH/Elohim . . . knows your heart, and that is the most important thing to remember.