title or name

[Ghostdog]

is the word God a title or name? or both?

[Jedi4Yahweh]

God is a title...but God does have a personal name:  YHWH or YHVH

Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'The LORD YHWH God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This [is] My name forever, and this [is] My memorial to all generations.' - Exo 3:15

Pretty much every where you see in Old Testament Scripture the words 'The LORD' it is a intentional mistranslation of 'YHWH'.  This is done over 7000 times where YHWH is replaced with 'The LORD'.  The word 'LORD' in Hebrew means 'Baal' which is a rather odd pick for a replacement.  

The reason it is mistranslated is because the source Hebrew scriptures intentionally took out the vows out the true name and or replaced his name with the Hebrew word 'Hashem' meaning the 'The Name', because they thought God's name should not be written or spoken.  In doing so they have lost the vows that were original apart of YHWH.  So today people have attempted to reconstruct that name and now we got so many variations of what people think that name should be:  Yahovah,  Yahwah, Yahawah, Yahowah, Yahuwah, Yahavah, etc....

We do know for sure that the first vow is correct in Yah...  everything else is up for speculation.

Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name YAH, And rejoice before Him. - Psa 68:4 

Hope that helps

Edited November 17, 2024 by Jedi4Yahweh

[NConly]

according to that Sara called Abraham Baal

[missmuffet]

2 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

is the word God a title or name? or both?

It is a title.

In addition to the personal name of God YHWH (pronounced with the vocalizations Yahweh or Jehovah)

[Jedi4Yahweh]

53 minutes ago, NConly said:

according to that Sara called Abraham Baal

No she called him Adon.

Look I am not condemning the use of the term 'The LORD' am just saying it was strange to intentionally mistranslate YHWH as 'The LORD' over 7000 times being the YHWH is the personal name of God and not a title where as Lord is a title that can have many meaning to include Baal.

Lord is an English term that refers to master, owner, ruler, governor, teacher.  

Some of the Jewish-English translation bibles i use simply revert "The LORD" back to "YHWH" and I am perfectly fine with that. 

Adon = reference to human masters, husbands, owners, in English lord.

Adonai = A reference to God as master or owner or ruler, in english lord.

Baal = also means Lord but in reference to a Canaanite Deity. 

[NConly]

36 minutes ago, Jedi4Yahweh said:

Lord is an English term that refers to master, owner, ruler, governor, teacher. 

God is our Master and owner and ruler and governor and teacher so it seems ok to translate to me. besides we do not speak Hebrew.

My Bible says Sara called Abraham lord.

[Jedi4Yahweh]

2 hours ago, NConly said:

God is our Master and owner and ruler and governor and teacher so it seems ok to translate to me.

YHWH is God's personal name. The words 'The LORD' is a title rather than a personal name.   Translators  used a completely different word & meaning, and converted his personal name to a title 'The LORD'.  They had their reasons for doing this as I already explained. If your okay with it then enjoy.

2 hours ago, NConly said:

besides we do not speak Hebrew.

Proper personal names in most cases are not retranslated  into other languages.  For instance Abraham is a Hebrew name.  Moses or Moseh is a Hebrew name.  Adam is a Hebrew name.  Israel or Ysrael is a Hebrew name.  Jacob or Yacob is a Hebrew name.  Joshua or Yahoshua is a Hebrew name.  Likewise God's personal name is a Hebrew name and does not need retranslated.   Yes there maybe small variations in spelling and pronunciation but still Hebrew and yes they may use English letters and instead of Hebrew charters but still true to the spelling, meaning, and pronunciation.  Except when it comes to the personal name of God.

I will sanctify (purify) my great name, which has been profaned (polluted/defiled) among the nations [gentiles], which you [Israel] have profaned (polluted/defiled) in the midst of them; and the nations [gentiles] shall know that I am YHWH, says YHWH Elohim, when I shall be sanctified (made pure) in you before their eyes. - Eze 36:23 

2 hours ago, NConly said:

My Bible says Sara called Abraham lord.

I thought I already explained this.     

Edited November 17, 2024 by Jedi4Yahweh