Jedi4Yahweh Posted June 4, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,955 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 636 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/12/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted June 4, 2022 (edited) Ancient Hebrew did not include the "J" or "W" sound in their vocabulary. Yet, we see many today trying to add these letters to God's Hebrew (YHVH) name for example: JaHoVaH or YaHWeH. God's Hebrew name given to Moses is somewhat of mystery but we can be sure that his name does not contain "J" or "W". Many English translations substitute "J" for the letter "Y" and "W" for the letter "V" in Hebrew. A more accurate translation of YHVH would be YaHoVaH. I am ignorant and guilty of this myself. See my handle. I wish I could change my handle. Edited June 4, 2022 by Jedi4Yahweh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Tefillah Posted June 4, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.42 Content Count: 2,092 Content Per Day: 2.58 Reputation: 1,582 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/06/2022 Status: Offline Share Posted June 4, 2022 22 minutes ago, Jedi4Yahweh said: Ancient Hebrew did not include the "J" or "W" sound in the their vocabulary. Yet, we see many today trying to add these letters to God's Hebrew (YHVH) name for example: JaHoVaH or YaHWeH. God's Hebrew name given to Moses is somewhat of mystery but we can be sure the his name does not contain "J" or "W". Many English translations substitute "J" for the letter "Y" and "W" for the letter "V" in Hebrew. A more accurate translation of YHVH would be YaHoVaH. I am ignorant and guilty of this myself. See my handle. I wish I could change my handle. Shalom. Thank you for the information. 'Handle', do you mean your profilname? I've read in here about someone who changed their profilname, so it should be able to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted June 4, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.23 Reputation: 9,762 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted June 4, 2022 44 minutes ago, Jedi4Yahweh said: I am ignorant and guilty of this myself. See my handle. I wish I could change my handle. You can PM George or Omegaman 3.0 as they are the only two still active who can make the change. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi4Yahweh Posted June 4, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,955 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 636 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/12/2003 Status: Offline Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 Yes, last time I had a name changed by the admin. I lost most of my post and membership ranking. It was like starting over for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzephanyahu Posted July 29, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,625 Content Per Day: 0.79 Reputation: 2,033 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/10/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 6/4/2022 at 9:43 PM, Jedi4Yahweh said: A more accurate translation of YHVH would be YaHoVaH. I am ignorant and guilty of this myself. See my handle. I wish I could change my handle. Hi @Jedi4Yahweh Whilst, strictly speaking, there is not a 'W' sound, the Vav or Waw can be read as a soft W. I say a soft W in the sense of it's true meaning as a "double u". So it would be "wOO", with a very soft w sound leading into the "OO". Therefore, it is easier in the English language to understand the Vav in the Tetragrammton as a "u". This would give the more accurate spelling as Yahueh, rather than Yahweh. And the pronunciation would be "YAH-oo-Eh", so very very close to "YAH-WEH", but just a slightly dipped "oo" introduced. Almost making the name a three syllable word (but only just) rather than a hard two syllable word. Personally, I still write "Yahweh" as everyone knows who I mean when I write this and it's not wrong, technically. But if I started going around writing "Yahueh" I would sound like a strange fundamentalist! Now, as for Yahovah - this name cannot be the rendering of the Tetragrammaton as it breaks the rules of the Hebrew grammar. If you think about it carefully, Yahovah is actually a Quintagrammaton as you are using the Vav TWICE. Once for the "hO" and secondly for the "Vah". The only way to accomplish this spelling of Yahovah would be if the name was Yud, Hey, Vav, Vav, Hey. As for the other popular alternative Yahuah - this rendering is unlikely for a number of reasons. Principally because of the lack of historicity, the feminine pronoun in ends in, and the translation belief and methodology behind it. Yahweh is the only name that comes with historical record and the only name that has survived throughout the ages. Whereas as Yahovah (a tangent from Jehovah which is easily provably as inaccurate) and Yahuah are very recent renditions. I hope that helps. Peace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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