The Name Yahweh

(Hebrew - יהוה)

The bad news my friend, is not hell. Contrary to popular religious thought in our day, the idea that God will mercilessly torment millions for all eternity is nowhere to be found in the Bible. No, the bad news is that you are dying. You may look in the mirror today full of youth and beauty, but as sure as the sun rises and sets, you are fading; gradually, ever so slightly, everyday. Not only this, but everyone, and everything you love, or ever have loved is also dying. Your material possessions will not last no matter how much care you take to preserve them. They will eventually fall apart. But much worse, we cannot even hold on to those we love. One day they are with us, laughing, sharing our joys and sorrows, and the next they are cruelly taken from us.

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“The Name Yahweh” is a Google Sites project that explores theological interpretations of the divine name “Yahweh” across multiple biblical topics. The site includes several sections focusing on scriptural exegesis and interpretations of the relationship between “Yahweh,” “Yahshua,” and biblical prophecy. Key Sections From the Site Main Pages: The website includes pages such as Yahshua: Did He Pre-exist?, Thomas – Did Thomas Call Yahshua “God”?, and Did the Father and Son Have the Same Name?. Each post presents doctrinal arguments emphasizing the use of “Yahweh” as the original and proper divine name. Doctrine: The overall theme argues that “Yahweh” is the sacred, covenantal name of God that was replaced over time by substitutes like “Lord” or “God.” The site maintains that restoring use of this name honors the original biblical intent. Focus on ‘Yahshua’: It also examines whether “Yahshua” (often rendered as “Jesus”) shared the same divine name or derived from it, framing this as central to understanding the Father-Son relationship in Scripture. For context, theological literature outside this Google Sites page, such as the Encyclopedia Britannica and modern biblical studies, affirms that “Yahweh” (YHWH) represents the personal name of the God of Israel, derived from the Hebrew tetragrammaton and traditionally rendered as “Lord” in most translations. Related Explain the historical significance of the name Yahweh Describe how Yahweh is represented in different religious texts Summarize why the name Yahweh stopped being used by Jews Compare Yahweh with other names like Elohim and Adonai Outline modern scholarly views on the pronunciation of Yahweh. SOURCE

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The 'New Testament' says that God gave the man Jesus his name, and it certainly was not "Jesus." Jesus is not the "none other name given among all men whereby you must be saved."

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The origins of Jesus' name begins with יהושוע (Yehoshua, Joshua) in Hebrew which morphs into ישוע (Yeshua) in Aramaic. In the Galilean dialect during the Second Temple period, we have evidence that the ayin elided leading to ישו or Yeshu. This is simply transliterated into Greek as Ιησούς in the nominative case with the final ς added for declining purposes. Greek didn't have a š phoneme and words containing it would be transliterated with a simple s sound. For example, Solomon in Hebrew is actually שלומו (Shlomo) but in Greek it became Σολομων (Solomon), again with the final ν added for declining purposes.

Ιησούς becomes Iesus in Latin (pronounced functionally the same). Eventually the soft J enters into the picture and we get Jesus (though pronounced Yesus). The J then hardens in English which is how we ended up with the modern pronunciation, Jesus. That's how language works. After all, we very rationally and reasonably got the names James and Diego from the Ιάκωβος which it turn came from יעקב (Ya'akobh).

The name used to refer to the divine entity varies across different religions and cultures. In Christianity, the commonly used name for God is "God," although there are other titles such as "Yahweh" or "Jehovah" derived from the Hebrew scriptures. In Islam, God is referred to as "Allah." In Judaism, the name "Yahweh" is used, although some adherents prefer not to speak or write the name and instead use alternatives like "Adonai" or "Hashem," meaning "the Name." Other religions have their own names for the divine being, reflecting their respective beliefs and traditions. Ultimately, the name used to address God often depends on one's religious background and cultural context.

The real name of *God is YHWH, which consists of the four letters found in Exodus 3:14. However, there is no definitive pronunciation for God’s name because these letters are only consonants, without any vowels. In the Hebrew language, the letters are yod, he, vav, he, which transliterate to YHWH. Over time, this has been loosely translated into English as “Jehovah”, but it’s important to note that there is no “j” sound in Hebrew. A more accurate approximation would be “Yahweh”. The challenge arises because the original Hebrew Scriptures did not include vowel designations; they only used consonants. Consequently, we still don’t know the exact vowel sounds associated with God’s name. Nevertheless, the phrase “The name of God is YHWH” would appear as “th nm f gd s yhwh” in the Hebrew text. So, while we have these consonants, the precise pronunciation remains uncertain. Some scholars have also suggested that the original Hebrew name of God was pronounced as "Yahweh". Ultimately, the name “I AM” (from Exodus 3:14) represents God’s self-revelation, and we continue to honor it in various ways, including Yahweh or **Jehovah.

*The word 'god (el, eloah, elohim)' means power, strength or might. There are false Gods or 'they are no gods at all" meaning that they have no power at all.

The phrase "they are no gods at all" is derived from Jeremiah 16:20, which states, "Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?" This verse emphasizes that while people can create idols, they are not truly gods. The context of this verse is a critique of idolatry, suggesting that the idols worshipped by the people are mere man-made objects and do not possess the divine qualities of God. This reflects a broader biblical theme that warns against the worship of false gods and the importance of recognizing the true nature of God as the Creator and sustainer of all things.

No one knows precisely how God's Name was pronounced by the prophets of old, since all we have are the written records and not audio recordings. Down through time diverse dialects took form among the tribes which caused diverse pronunciations. Jehovah is an acceptable English transliteration of His name and many believe that Yehovah, Yahowah, Yahoweh, Yahuah, Yahweh, etc. are more accurate English transliterations, but this is not important, since these are all English forms with English letter characters and not Hebrew.

**The derived forms Iehouah and Jehovah first appeared in the 16th century. The vocalization of the Tetragrammaton Jehovah was first introduced by William Tyndale in his translation of Exodus 6:3, and appears in some other early English translations including the Geneva Bible and the King James Version.

Jehovah - Transliteration of Hebrew יְהֹוָה‎ (yəhōwā), the Masoretic vocalization of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה‎ (variously pronounced). The Masoretic vocalization is a so-called qeri perpetuum, the deliberate insertion of the vowels of another word than the one represented by the consonant text, in this case אֲדֹנָי‎ (“my lord”) ('Adonai'). Continuing earlier Iehoua. In English, the name is first attested in 1530, in Tyndale's Bible: I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob an allmightie God: but in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them (Exodus 6:3). Tyndale used Iehouah instead of Wycliffe's Adonay. The KJV also has Jehovah in this verse specifically, while it uses Lord otherwise. Young's Literal Translation (1898) has Jehovah. The New King James Version (1982) has Lord.

The letter J is derived from the letter I and has a tail, which was developed to represent the consonant sound we associate with J. Historically, the letter I served as both a vowel and a consonant sound, but as languages evolved, the distinction between I and J became more pronounced. The first formal distinction was made by Gian Giorgio Trissino in 1524, and by the 1600s, the letter J was widely recognized as a distinct letter in various European languages.

There should be no argument about how the Name of God is pronounced, since no one knows how the prophets of old exactly pronounced His Name. We have no audio recordings of how they pronounced it but only the written records.

The name YHWH is often interpreted to mean "Behold the hand" or "Behold the nail". This interpretation suggests that the letters of the name have symbolic meanings, with the letter Yod representing a hand, Heh meaning to behold, and Waw signifying a nail or hook. However, this interpretation is debated among scholars, with some arguing that it lacks historical evidence and is more of a creative interpretation than a scientific one. Ultimately, the meaning of YHWH is a subject of debate and interpretation, and it is not universally accepted by all scholars.

The LORD (Adonai) vs The Lord (Adoni)

The man Jesus was made a lesser Lord (Adoni) by his Supreme Lord (Adonai) Yahweh (Jehovah) his Heavenly Father and Creator. In Psalm 110:1, the term "Adoni" is used to describe a human or angelic superior, not God, which supports the idea that Jesus is not divine (God) but rather a human being chosen by God to be the Messiah. The distinction between "Adoni" and "Adonai" is critical; "Adonai" refers to God, while "Adoni" refers to humans or angels.

The Supreme Lord (Adonai) made his adopted son and humble servant the man Jesus a lesser Lord or Master (Adoni). He does not Lord over his ONLY [ONE] true God Yahweh (Jehovah). In the Bible both Yahweh and the man Jesus are referred to as Lord of Lords and King of Kings, but it is only Yahweh that is referred to as God of Gods. This is in reference to power, strength or might. Thones is also figurative in reference to power, strength or might. God gave his son the man Jesus all power or authority in heaven and in the earth. He said that his Heavenly Father is the ONLY [ONE] true God.

This a long‑standing and genuinely important debate in biblical theology: How does the New Testament describe the relationship between Yahweh (the Father) and Jesus (the Son)? This is faithful to the text, historically informed, and still invites deeper thought.

1. “Adonai” vs. “Adoni” — A Real Distinction in Hebrew - Hebrew distinguishes between: Adonai — a divine title used only for God and Adoni — “my lord,” used for human masters, kings, or exalted figures. Psalm 110:1 uses Adoni for the Messiah, which supports that the Messiah is exalted but not equal to Yahweh.

2. “Lord of Lords” and “King of Kings” - Both Yahweh and Jesus receive these titles in the Bible, but the context differs: Yahweh as King of Kings is used in the Hebrew Scripture to express: supreme sovereignty unmatched power absolute kingship over all rulers. Jesus as King of Kings is used in the ‘New Testament’ to express his exaltation after resurrection authority granted by God and his role as God’s appointed ruler. The key difference is that only Yahweh is ever called “God of Gods.” Jesus is never given that title.

3. “All authority in heaven and earth” — Given, not inherent Matthew 28:18 is crucial: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” This implies that Jesus did not possess this authority inherently, but that God bestowed it upon him. Jesus’ lordship is delegated, not self-originating. Jesus does not “lord over” his God.

4. Jesus Himself Identifies the Father as the Only True God is explicit. “Father… you are the only true God, and Jesus the Messiah whom you have sent.” This is one of the clearest statements in the 'New Testament' about the Father’s unique status as God. It also reinforces that Jesus is God’s servant and that he is God’s Messiah. Jesus is not the “only true God” but the one sent by Him.

5. The earliest writings outside the New Testament (1st–2nd century) consistently show: One God = the Father One Lord = Jesus the Messiah - Jesus is exalted, esteemed [glorified], and uniquely empowered, but he is not equal to the Father in nature or status. This matches Paul’s formulation in 1 Corinthians 8:6 as One God, the Father + One Lord, Jesus the Messiah. Paul deliberately splits the Shema into two roles without making Jesus the “one God.”

6. Yahweh alone is God and Jesus is the Messiah. God’s human son Jesus is exalted to divine authority but not divine identity. Titles like “Lord of Lords” reflect delegated power. Only Yahweh is “God of Gods” and this is a coherent and textually grounded position, and many scholars—both ancient and modern—agree that this was the earliest believers understanding.

In the language of the Old Testament there are two distinct forms of the word "lord." One means God, the other a superior who is not God. The oracle which predicts the Messiah, the Lord Jesus (Ps. 110:1) gives him the title "lord," which refers to a person who is not God. To distinguish Deity from non-Deity, the Hebrew Old Testament speaks of the Lord God as ADONAI (449 times) and of superiors who are not God as ADONI (my lord) 195 times. In Psalm 110:1 the LORD (here Yahweh, the personal name of God) addresses a prophecy to David's lord, the Messiah. ...

Jesus and the New Testament writers, as well as the rabbis, knew that this was a prophecy about the Messiah (see the conversation in Matt. 22:41-46). The "lord" addressed by Yahweh is given the title ADONI (my lord), an address never used of Deity. Notice how important this Psalm is for New Testament Christianity: "It is clear from the Apostles' quotation of the Old Testament that they had a strong preference for particular passages - Psalm 110 was the most favored of all" (Professor Michael Green, Evangelism Now and Then, p. 65). God Has Made Jesus Lord – Acts 2:36 - J. Dan Gill

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THE SACRED NAME IN SCRIPTURES

By: Voy Wilks

The Name "Yahweh" in Scriptures: Is this something new, or has this name been in the Sacred Writings all along?

The name of the Creator, YHWH (Yahweh), has been in the Sacred Writings all along, in every generation since the time of Moses. All that is needed to prove this is to consult the Old Testament in the Hebrew language, and there it is - the four letters (the Tetragrammaton), the Sacred Name, YHWH. All Hebrew Scriptures contain the Name YHWH, and have done so since about 1,490 B.C.E.

Translations From the Hebrew

It is only the translations of the Holy Scriptures into English and other languages which do not contain the Sacred Name, YHWH. Instead of leaving the Sacred Name in place those 6,823 times, as it appears in the Hebrew Scriptures,

* English translators choose to substitute LORD.

* Greek translators usually choose to substitute Kyrios.

* Latin translators choose to substitute Deus.

* German translators choose to substitute Herr, the same title given to Hitler.

* Ad infinitum.

There are, however, at least seven Biblical Versions in which the Sacred Name, YHWH, has been restored to the Text, in whole or in part:

The Emphasized Bible, a Protestant Version (1897).

The Holy Bible in Hausa, one of several Nigerian languages (1932).

The Holy Name Bible, a Protestant Version (1963).

The Jerusalem Bible, a Catholic Version (1966).

The NIV Interlinear Hebrew\English O.T., a Protestant Version (1979).

The Sacred Scriptures, Bethel Edition, (1981).

The Scriptures, the Koster Version (1994).

[The Word of Yahweh, Assembly of Yahweh Version (2000).]

Ancient Evidence of The Name

* The Dead Sea Scrolls, some of which date to 100 B.C.E., contain the Name YHWH, just as modern Hebrew Scriptures do.

* A recently found papyrus roll of the Septuagint Version is dated in the 2nd or 1st century B.C.E.

Although these fragments of Deuteronomy are written in the Greek language,

"not one of these fragments shows an example of Kyrios or Theos used instead of the divine name, but in each instance the Tetragrammaton is written in Aramaic characters. ... [This] proves the original LXX [the Septuagint Version] did contain the divine name [YHWH] wherever it occurred in the Hebrew original" (The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, Foreword, pages 11 & 12, 1969).

* In addition, fragmentary text of the Minor Prophets (of the Bible) found in a cave in 1961 in Wadi Nahal Hever, Israel are dated at 50 B.C.E. to 50 C.E. The report is as follows:

"Although the text is in Greek, one word, and one word only, repeatedly appears in Hebrew - the tetragrammaton, the four Hebrew letters YHVH, often spelled and pronounced Yahweh ... the ineffable name of God. Moreover, the tetragrammaton is written ... not in square Aramaic Hebrew script used at the time the scrolls were written, but in the paleo-Hebrew script used before the Babylonian exile in the sixth century B.C." (Books In Brief, Biblical Archaeology Review; March\April, 1991, page 4. Emphasis added).

Conclusion

What further proof is needed? The Creator's name has always been, and still is today, YHWH (Yahweh).

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might (Deuteronomy 6:4-5 - World English Bible). https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/6-4.htm Matthew 22:37 Jesus declared, “‘Love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ Mark 12:30 Love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ Luke 10:27 He answered, “‘Love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh (Leviticus 19:18). https://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-18.htm Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” - Joshua 22:5 - World English Bible https://biblehub.com/joshua/22-5.htm There was no king like him before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him (2 Kings 23:25 - World English Bible). https://biblehub.com/2_kings/23-25.htm When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned. (Nehemiah 1:4 - World English Bible). https://biblehub.com/nehemiah/1-4.htm Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly (Psalm 31:23). https://biblehub.com/psalms/31-23.htm

Psalm 119:2 - Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. Psalm 119:10 - With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. Psalm 119:34 - Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart. Psalm 119:69 - Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. Psalm 119:2 - Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. Psalm 119:10 - With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. Psalm 119:34 - Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart. Psalm 119:69 - Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. Psalm 119:145 - I call with all my heart; answer me, O Yahweh! I will obey Your statutes. Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; Isaiah 56:6 - And the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to minister to Him, to love the name of Yahweh, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant— Treasury

THE SIXTH LETTER IS WAW

By Voy Wilks

The 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (waw) is sometimes transliterated as vav. According to the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, * and other reference books, this is because of German influence. Did Germans influence the Hebrew language in Adam's day, or Noah's day, or in David's day? It is reasonable to assume they did not.

The German (Ashkenazi) influence arose only within the last 1800 years, after the Jewish dispersion in 135 C.E. As Jewish communities gradually developed in Eastern, Central and Western Europe, German influence eventually made its mark on the Hebrew language. From there the Ashkenazi influence spread to England and North America.

German influence was not present in earlier times, therefore the Hebrew language was not affected by German pronunciation until medieval and modern times. We can safely conclude that David, Isaiah and Jeremiah were not influenced by the German language and pronunciation.

Therefore, in ancient times, before the German influence was felt, the Creator's name was not spelled with a V (Yahvah), but with a W (Yahweh).

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* Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, by Harris, Archer, Waltke; Moody Press, 1980, Volume II, Page X.

The Story of the Aleph Beth, by David Diringer, Thomas Yoseloff Press, New York & London; Pages 29, 30.

CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY

WHOM YOU WILL SERVE

Joshua 24:15

Honorable Life-Style - Individual serves Yahweh and keeps Yahweh's Commandments.

1. Loves Yahweh.

2. Worships no idols.

3. Does not take Yah's name in vain.

4. Keeps the Sabbath.

5. Honors father and mother.

6. Does not murder.

7. Does not commit adultery.

8. Does not steal.

9. Does not lie about others.

10. Does not covet property of others.

"Draw near to Yahweh and He will draw near to you." (James 4:8).

Dishonorable Life-Style - Individual serves the Low-Life and ignores Yahweh's Commandments.

1. Loves the Low-Life.

2. Low-Life is his/her idol (drugs, alcohol, carousing).

3. Ignoring the Law is to take Yah's Name in vain.

4. Ignores the Sabbath.

5. Disobeys father and mother.

6. Ignores Yahweh's Law, so murders Yahshua afresh.

7. Commits all types of illicit vileness.

8. Steals, cheats, will not meet obligations.

9. Indulges in malicious gossip, falsehoods.

10. Covets property of others (autos, wives, husbands).

"Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with Yahweh? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of Yahweh." (James 4:4). "Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you men of double mind." (James 4:8)

"I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life ..." (Deuteronomy 30:19).

"...The soul that sinneth, it shall die." (Ezekiel 18:4).

"The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of Yahweh is eternal life in the Messiah Yahshua our Savior." (Romans 6:23).

"Blessed is the man who endures trials, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life which Yahweh has promised to those who love Him." (James 1:12).

In His Service,

Voy Wilks

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The Awesome Mystery of the Hebrew "HAY"[h] and "VAV"[v] - Hidden in the original Hebrew text of the Tanakh are profound and incredible truths -- truths contained in the usage of the first six letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In particular, we find that the fifth and sixth letters, Hay and Vav, contain a secret "code" of rich significance and meaning. Let's explore these exciting truths that relate to the mystery of YEHOVAH God, the Messiah, creation, the purpose of human life, the redemption of Israel, and the END of this age!

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[PDF] THE FATHER'S NAME Is It In the New Testament? By Voy Wilks

Casually read, New Testament Scriptures seem never to indicate a personal name for the heavenly Father. By contrast, translators tell us that the four capital letters L-O-R-D which appear in the Old Testament have been substituted for the name "Yahweh"—an admission that at one time the Father's personal name was present in the Scriptures approximately 7,000 times. Why, then, is it not in the New Testament today? If it is not, is this an indication we need not use the Father's Name?

It appears New Testament Scriptures once contained the Sacred Name, but scribes—evidently Gentile scribes—removed the name. Mr. George Howard, Associate Professor of Religion and Hebrew at the University of Georgia, writing in Biblical Archaeology Review, tells us:

"Many early copies of the New Testament abbreviate sacred words (nomina sacra). The earliest of these abbreviations stand for 'God,' 'Lord,' 'Christ,' and 'Jesus.' Abbreviations of these words were formed by writing their first and last letters and placing a line over them. Thus, using English to illustrate, 'God' would appear as GD and 'Lord' as LD."

Mr. Howard points out that Gentile believers, unlike Jewish believers, had no traditional attachment to the Sacred Name, so this is reflected in most ancient copies of the (Greek) Septuagint Version of the Old Testament. The name YHWH was replaced by the Greek term 'kyrios'. However, a significant number of Septuagint manuscripts have been found in which the name YHWH was retained in the Septuagint text. Mr. Howard makes other interesting observations:

"When the Septuagint which the New Testament church used and quoted contained the Hebrew form of the divine name, the New Testament writers no doubt included the Tetragrammaton in their quotations. But when the Hebrew form of the divine name was eliminated in favor of Greek substitutes in the Septuagint, it was eliminated also from the New Testament quotations from the Septuagint.

"We can now say with near certainty that it was a Jewish practice before, during, and after the New Testament period to write the divine name in paleo-Hebrew or square Aramaic script or in transliteration right into the Greek text of Scripture. This presents a striking comparison with the Christian copies of the Septuagint and the quotations of it in the New Testament which translate the Tetragrammaton as 'kyrios' or 'theos.'

"Thus toward the end of the first Christian century, the use of surrogates (kyrios and theos) and their contractions must have crowded out the Tetragrammaton in both Testaments. Before long the divine name was lost to the Gentile church except insofar as it was reflected in the contracted surrogates or remembered by scholars. Soon, even the contracted substitutes lost their original significance and were joined by a host of other abbreviated 'nomina sacra' which had no connection with the divine name at all."

Mr. Howard does not speculate on why surrogate titles crowded out the name YHWH from Scriptures near the end of the first century C.E. There were, however, pressing events which account for this and a number of other changes in religious views and practices among Gentiles, brought about by imperial hostility against the Jews.

Political Developments Shape Religion

° Because of hostility against them, Jews were for a time expelled from Rome as early as C.E. 54 by Claudius Caesar (Acts 18:2).

° In 66-70 C.E. the Jews revolted against the Romans and were defeated. Hatred of the Jews continued to increase.

° Between 80-90 C.E. unbelieving Jews adopted the curse proposed by Samuel the Small. This curse against Yahshua's followers was a means of making them known so they could be expelled from the synagogue. Increasingly this dissuaded both Jewish and Gentile believers from worshiping in the synagogue.

° In C.E. 115 the Jewish people again revolted, thus earning more Roman hostility.

° During his reign in Judea (132–135) Bar kokeba, a radical in the extreme, ordered that Yahshua's followers be treated with dreadful torments unless they renounced Yahshua as the Messiah.

° In C.E. 132 the Jewish people again revolted against the Romans. Hadrian, who crushed this revolt (in 135), ruled from 117 to 138, and placed harsh laws and cruel punishment upon the Jewish people, as had some of the Roman emperors before him. Jews were required to pay more taxes than anyone else, and it was unlawful to keep the festivals. [6] To these exacting laws were added the following:

(1) The death penalty for Sabbath keeping.

(2)The death penalty for studying Scriptures.

(3)The death penalty for circumcising children.

(4)The death penalty to any Jew for entering, or residing in, the city of Jerusalem.

° Roman authorities considered Jewish every person who kept the Sabbath, so they mistreated Gentile believers as if they were Jewish. When these cruel persecutions arose, many Gentiles chose not to be labeled as Jews. To convince authorities they were not Jewish, most

Gentiles dropped the "Jewish" Sabbath, the "Jewish" law, and the ",Jewish" festivals.

° Until C.E. 135 every bishop in the faithful assembly at Jerusalem had been Jewish. Never again. All Jews were expelled from Jerusalem, so from that time onward, every bishop of the Jerusalem assembly was a Gentile.

° Bruce Metzger writes: ―... after the Jewish rebellion under Hadrian, it became vitally important for those who were not Jews to avoid exposing themselves to suspicion; and the observance of the Sabbath was one of the most noticeable indications of Judaism." [10] ° "Taking into account the existing restrictions which prohibited every form of Jewish worship—especially in the city of Aelia Capitolina [Jerusalem]—it would seem logical to assume that the Gentile Christians adopted Sunday at this time [135] as their day of worship to avoid any possible suspicion of connection with Judaism in the eyes of the Romans."

° From the time of Hadrian all connection between Jews and Christians ceased, and they no longer occupied the position of two hostile bodies belonging to the some house, but they became two entirely distinct bodies."

Possibly it was easy to rationalize these actions for the purpose of saving their lives and those of family members. That Gentile believers also dropped from their worship and their Scriptures. The Name of the "Jewish" Elohim during these trying times seems more than coincidental. Abandoning The Name must have been for purposes of expediency—to be rid of the persecution which accompanied the Jewish religion.

Vestiges of the Name Remain

They are easily overlooked, but vestiges of the name "Yahweh" are still present in the King James Version, although most other versions have allowed even these to slip away. In at least four New Testament Scriptures, the King's Men retained the four capital letters to indicate Yahweh's name. These letters L-O-R-D (all in capitals), are found in quotations from the Old Testament in which Yahweh's name originally appeared, and so are retained in the New Testament in the following passages: "The LORD said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, til I make thine enemies thy footstool" (Mt. 22:44; Mk. 12:36; Lk. 20:42; Acts 2:34; from Ps. 110:1). We have every reason to believe that the Savior declared the Father's name to his disciples, if not to the general public. Also he worshiped the Father by the name Yahweh. Please review Psalms 22. Verses 1 through 24 are exact prophecies of the Messiah, it seems.

Within these verses are at least 15 separate prophecies concerning his life, his trial and death. Is it reasonable to suppose that 14 of these prophecies were fulfilled, but the 15th prophecy failed? If Yahshua is indeed the Messiah, it would seem that none of the 15 could fail; all must have been fulfilled. This would include the prophecy which says,

"I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee" (Ps. 22:22 KJV).

This makes it a reasonable certainty that Yahshua did, indeed, praise the name Yahweh in the assembly, and taught his followers to do the same. On one occasion he confirmed this by saying to the heavenly Father,

"1 have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it;..." (Jn. 17:26).

Yahshua boldly declared the Father's name, so is it logical to assume his disciples never once recorded The Name in their writings? No. Indications are, The Name was originally written in the New Testament Scriptures. Just as Yahshua praised The Name in the congregation, let us, too, praise the name "Yahweh."

"O give thanks to Yahweh; call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples. Sing unto him, sing praises to him, tell of his wonderful works! Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice!" (Ps. 105:1-3 RSV). So be it. (Emphasis added throughout).

References

1. Biblical Archaeology Review, Volume 4, Number 1, 3/78; Article: "The Name of G-d In the New Testament," page 12. 2. Ibid, pages 14,13, & 14. 3. Anti-Judaism and the Origin of Sunday, by Samuele Bacchlocchi; The Pontifical Gregorian University Press, Rome; 1975, page 35. 4. Pictorial History of the Jewish People, by Nathan Ausubel; Craven Publishers, NY; 1953, page 89. 5. Anti-Judaism and the Origin of Sunday, page 37. 6. Pictorial History of the Jewish People, by Nathan Ausubel; Crown Publishers, NY; 1953, pages 89,90. From Sabbath to Sunday, by Samuele Bacchlocchi; The Pontifical Gregorian University Press, Rome; 1977, page 173. Anti-Judaism and the Origin of Sunday, page 40. 7. From Sabbath to Sunday, by Samuele Bacchlocchi; The Gregorian

University Press, Rome; 1977, pages 159, 160, 172, 178, 181-183, 198, 212. 8. Who's Who In Jewish History, by Joan Comay, David MaKay Company, Inc, NY; 1974, page 222. Anti-Judaism and the Origin of Sunday, pages 56,60 (See foot-note also). 9. Ecclesiastical History, by Eusebius; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids MI; 1976; pages 131, 132. 10. Anti-Judaism and the Origin of Sunday, page 42 (As quoted by Bacchlocchi). 11. Ibid, page 43.

12. Ibid, page 52

YAHOWAH'S NAME - יהוה

There is much debate as to what our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name is in respect to how it is to be pronounced and spelled. I use the English transliteration/transcription Yahowah/Yahweh simply because this is the most accepted among scholars of the Hebrew language. I feel that I must use some form of His Name, since Scripture teaches that we are to set apart ["hallow make holy, sanctify"], revere ["fear"], remember, think upon, wait upon, walk in, trust in, love, seek, declare (proclaim), bless, publish, call upon, sing unto, praise, esteem ["glorify"], make known ["manifest"], and know His Name.

Nowhere in Scripture are we ever instructed not to use or to pronounce our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name, but we are instructed not to use His Name in a vain or foolish way or to bring it to nought.

Nowhere in Scripture are we ever asked to pronounce our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name properly. We are not instructed in Scripture how to properly transliterate/transcribe our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name into diverse languages.

Nowhere in Scripture are we ever asked to keep His Name a secret!

For then will I turn to the nations a pure language, that they may all call upon the Name of Yahowah, to serve Him with one accord (Zephanyah 3:9).

Did not Yeshua say that our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name is to be set apart (separate, hallowed, holy, sanctified [sacred]) from all other names?

Yahowah is our Supreme Redeemer Who gave His son his name. Yahowah's Name would be greater than His son's name, since He did give him his name. Yahowah also gave His son Yeshua authority on earth to forgive sin.

I do not like the name "Jesus" , since that was not the Messiah's GIVEN name: "Neither is there redemption in any other: for there is none other name under heaven GIVEN among men, whereby we MUST be redeemed" (Acts 4:12).

Give thanks unto Yahweh, call upon His Name, make known His deeds among the people (1 Chronicles 16:8).

Because I will publish the Name Yahweh: ascribe you greatness unto our Almighty One (Deuteronomy 32:3).

To declare the Name Yahweh in Zion, and His praise in Yerusalem; When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh (Psalm 102:21-22).

I will praise Yahweh according to His righteousness: and will sing praise to the Name Yahweh most high (Psalm 7:17).

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His Name (Psalm 100:4).

Sing unto Yahweh, bless His Name; show forth His redemption at all times (Psalm 96:2).

Therefore My people shall know My Name: therefore they shall know in that time that I am He that speaks: behold, it is I (Isayah 52:6).

So will I make My set apart Name known in the midst of My people Yisryl; and I will not let them pollute My set apart Name any more: and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, the Set Apart One in Yisryl (Yechetzqyah [Ezekiel] 39:7).

Give unto Yahweh the esteem due unto His Name: bring an offering, and come into his courts (Psalm 96:8; also cf. 29:2; 1 Chronicles 16:29).

The New International Version (©1984) and New Living Translation (©2007) eliminate the fact that the Messiah declared his and our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name unto the men that He had given him from the world (John 17:26):

The New International Version (©1984) I have made you[Name eliminated] known to them, and will continue to make you[Name eliminated] known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

Compare the following translations that do not eliminate the fact that the Messiah declared his and our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name unto the men that He had given to him from the world:

I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."

I made Your name known to them and will make it known, so the love You have loved Me with may be in them and I may be in them.

I made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me may be in them and I myself may be in them."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

“And I have revealed to them your Name, and I am revealing it, so that the love with which you have loved me shall be in them, and I shall be in them.”

I have made your name known to them, and I will make it known so that the love you have for me will be in them and I will be in them."

And I have declared unto them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

American King James Version

And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

American Standard Version

and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.

Douay-Rheims Bible

And I have made known thy name to them, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.

Darby Bible Translation

And I have made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them.

English Revised Version

and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.

Webster's Bible Translation

And I have declared to them thy name, and will declare it: that the love with which thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.

Weymouth New Testament

And I have made known Thy name to them and will make it known, that the love with which Thou hast loved me may be in them, and that I may be in them."

World English Bible

I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."

Young's Literal Translation

and I made known to them Thy name, and will make known, that the love with which Thou lovedst me in them may be, and I in them.'

Praise Yahweh! HalleluYAHWEH!

Many believe that the name Yahshua (Joshua, Yeshua, Jesus) is the name above every other name. Many point out the following passages of Scripture to prove that the name Yahshua is above every other name.

Philippians 2:9-11 - Wherefore Yahweh also has highly exalted him (Yahshua [Yeshua, Jesus]), and given him a name which is above every name:

That at the name of Yahshua every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;

And [that] every tongue should confess that Yahshua Messiah [is] Master, to the esteem of Yahweh the Father.

Ephesians 1:17-23 - That the Almighty One of our Master Yahshua Messiah, the Father of esteem, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him:

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the esteem of His inheritance in the saints,

And what [is] the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,

Which He did work in Messiah, when He raised him from the dead, and set [him] at His own right hand in the heavenly [places],

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

And has put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be] the head over all [things] to the assembly,

Which is his body, the fullness of Him that fills all in all.

I would like you to note that Father Yahweh has a Name Himself and He did give His son Yahshua his name. So, that with this understanding in agreement with the entire context of Scripture you can see that our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name is above all other names, even above the name of His son since He is the one Who gave him his name. Note also that the name Yahshua means 'Yahweh Is Redeemer'.

When we use this name Yahshua we are actually giving esteem to Father Yahweh by giving reverence to His Name as opposed to giving reverse to the name of His son Yahshua. Not that the name Yahshua should not also be reverenced, but to give our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name the greater esteem as our Supreme Redeemer as also did His son (cf. Philippians 2:11). It was his Father Yahweh who raised him from the dead!

"... Yahweh raised him from the dead: ..."

Romans 10:10 - "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto redemption."

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Yahchanan Chapter Twelve - Yahshua's Anointing at Bethany

Then Yahshua six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Miriam a pound of ointment of spikenard, [that was] very costly, and anointed the feet of Yahshua, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, [son of] Simon, which should betray him, "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?" This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and saw what was put therein. Then said Yahshua, Let her alone: against the day of my burying has she done this. For the poor are always with you; but me, I will not always be here.

The Plot to Kill Lazarus

Many individuals among those who were Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Yahshua's sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. But the chief priests consulted with each other on how that they might also put Lazarus to death; Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed what Yahshua taught.

Yahshua's Entry into Jerusalem

The next day many people that had came to Jerusalem to observe the feast, heard that Yahshua was also coming to Jerusalem to observe the feast. These people took branches of palm trees, and went ahead to meet him, and they cried out, "Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of Israel that comes in the Name Yahweh. And Yahshua, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, your King comes, sitting on an ass's colt. His disciples didn't understand what he was saying at first: but when Yahshua was given esteem, they remembered that these things were written of him, and [that] they had done these things to him.

The Multitudes Greet Yahshua - The Pharisee's Desperation

The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. For this cause the people also met him, for they heard that he had done this miracle.

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how he devises anything from Scripture? Look! It seems the whole world is listening to what he is teaching!

Yahshua's Hour Comes - The Dying Grain Produces Much Grain

There were certain Greeks among the people that came up to worship at the feast: They came to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, Where can we see this man named Yahshua?" Philip told Andrew and they went and told Yashua that these men were looking for him.

Yahshua answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of Man should be given esteem.

For a surety, I say to you, 'Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone: but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit. He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

If any man wants to serve me, then come; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man wants to serve me, my Father shall show you honor.

Now I am very troubled; and what should I say? 'Father, redeem me from this time of trouble!" But for this whay You sent me at this time.

Father, give Your Name Esteem. Then there came a voice from heaven ...

"I have both esteemed My Name, and will give it esteem again." The people therefore, that stood by, and heard this, said that it thundered: others said, "A heavenly messenger spoke to him. "

Yahshua answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all [men] unto me. This he said, signifying what death he should die."

The people answered him, "We have heard out of the law that Messiah abideth for ever: And what say you? The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?"

Then Yahshua said, "Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knows not where he goes. While you have light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. "

These things spoke Yahshua, and departed, and did hide himself from them. But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: That the saying of Isayah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Father Yahweh, who has believed our report? and to who has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?"

They could not believe, because Isayah also said, "He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, so that He might heal them."

These things said Isayah, when he saw him being esteemed, and spoke of Him. Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [him], lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of Yahweh.

Yahshua cried and said, "He that believes me, believes not me, but on Him that sent me. And he that see me sees Him that sent me. I came as a light to the world, that whosoever believes me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to reddeem the world. He that rejects me, and receives not my words, has one that will judge him! The word that I have spoken, these are the words that will judge him in the end. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that His commandment is life everlasting: whatever the Father says to me, that is what I speak."

The following passages of Scripture show that Father Yahweh is above His son Yahshua. So if Father Yahweh is above His son Yahshua, certainly His Name is above the name that He gave to His son.

Yahchanan [John] 14:28 - You have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come [again] unto you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

Mat 10:24 The student is not above [his] teacher, nor the servant above his master.

Yahshua, A Humble Sevant of Father Yahweh

Philippians 2:7 - "... taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men."

Mattithyah [Matthew] 21:42 - Yahshua said unto them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Yahweh's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

1 Corinthians 11:3 - But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Messiah; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Messiah [is] Yahweh.

Acts 4:10-12 - Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Yahshua the Messiah of Nazareth, whom you executed, whom Yahweh raised from the dead, [even] by him dose this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there redemption in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be redeemed.

Since the name "Yahshua" means "Yahweh Is Redeemer", saying "Yahshua" still calls upon (evokes) the name of Yahweh.

Hebrew names have meaning. This does not mean that individuals were literally the meaning of their names. Following are a number of Hebrew names and the meanings of these name. Note that these people who were given these names were not literally the meanings of these names:

Hagyah [Haggai]: meaning – 'Feast of Yahweh'

Moadyah [Moadian]: meaning – 'Appointed Feast of Yahweh'

Hagyah and Moadyah were not LITERALLY Yahweh's feasts!

Pelalyah [Pelaliah]: meaning – 'Judgement of Yahweh'

Pelalyah was not LITERALLY Yahweh's Judgement!

Tobyah [Tobiah]: meaning – 'Righteousness of Yahweh'

Yahshaphat [Jehoshaphat, Joshaphat]: meaning – 'Judgement of Yahweh'

Tobyah and Yahshaphat were not LITERALLY Yahweh's Judgement!

Uzzyah [Uzziah]: meaning – 'Strength of Yahweh'

Yliyah [Elijah]: meaning – 'Strength of Yahweh'

Uzzyah and Yliyah were not LITERALLY Yahweh's strength!

Yahshabbth [Jehoshabeath]: meaning – 'Sabbath of Yahweh'

Yahshabbth was not LITERALLY Yahweh's Sabbath!

Zedekyah [Zedekiah, Zidkayah]: meaning – 'Righteousness of Yahweh'

Zedekyah was not LITERALLY Yahweh's righteousness!

Kolayah [Kolaiah]: meaning – 'Voice of Yahweh'

Kolayah was not LITERALLY the voice of Yahweh!

The same is true with Yahshua being called by the name/title “The Word of Yahweh." Yahshua is not LITERALLY the word of Yahweh, but is the spokesman of His word in these last days. Note that it is also said in Revelation that a two-edged sword proceeds from Yahshua's mouth. It is not a LITERAL sword, but is in reference to Yahshua speaking the word of Yahweh.

LINKS

The Septuagint LXX (Greek Tanakh)

The Peshitta (Lamsa Translation)

The Dead Sea Scrolls

The Online Digital Dead Sea Scrolls

The Blue Letter Bible - Online Concordance

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Jesus is a so called "Sacred Namer."

He is recorded in the 'New Testament' when he was HERE ON EARTH or IN THE WORLD as teaching his followers how to pray to his God IN HEAVEN. His SON Jesus when HERE ON EARTH or IN THE WORLD instructed them to pray to his Father Who is IN HEAVEN in this manner. “OUR Father Who is IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED (Sacred) be Your Name."

Israel Forgot God’s Name

Which think to cause My people to forget My name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten My Name for Baal (Jeremiah 23:7).

And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: (Judges 8:34).

So the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah. They forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and Asherahs (Judges 3:7).

There is much debate as to what our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name is in respects to how it is to be pronounced and spelled. I use the English transliteration or transcription Yahweh simply because this is the most accepted among scholars of the Hebrew language.

I feel that I must use some form of His Name since Scripture teaches that we are to set apart ("hallow {make holy}, sanctify"), revere ("fear"), remember, think upon, wait upon, walk in, trust in, love, seek, declare (proclaim), bless, publish, call upon, sing unto, praise, esteem ("glorify"), make known ("manifest"), and know His Name. Is It Instructed In Scripture?

The PROPER PRONUNCIATION of Our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name - Is It Instructed In Scripture?

Give thanks unto Yahweh, call upon His Name, make known His deeds among the people (1 Chronicles 16:8; Yahyl [Joel] 2:32; Acts 2:21; Genesis 12:18).

Because I will publish the Name Yahweh: ascribe you greatness unto our Almighty One (Deuteronomy 32:3; Psalm 102:21; Hebrews 2:12).

To declare the Name Yahweh in Zion, and His praise in Yerusalem; When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh (Psalm 102:21-22).

I will praise Yahweh according to His righteousness: and will sing praise to the Name Yahweh most high (Psalm 7:17 & 113:3).

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His Name (Psalm 100:4).

Sing unto Yahweh, bless His Name; show forth His redemption at all times (Psalm 96:2).

Therefore My people shall know My Name: therefore they shall know in that time that I am He that speaks: behold, it is I (Isayah 52:6).

Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know Mine hand and My might; and they shall know that My Name is Yahweh (Yeremyah 16:21).

Give unto Yahweh the esteem due unto His Name: bring an offering, and come into his courts (Psalm 96:8; also cf. 29:2; 1 Chronicles 16:29).

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Your Name O Yahweh (Psalm 83:16).

But let all those that put their trust in You rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them: let them also that love Your Name be joyful in You (Psalm 5:11).

Then they that revered Yahweh spoke often one to another: and Yahweh paid attention, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that revered Yahweh, and that thought upon His Name (Malakyah [Malachi] 3:16).

I will praise You for ever, because You have done it: and I will wait on Your Name; for it is righteous before Your saints (Psalm 52:9).

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the Name of Yahweh our Almighty One (Psalm 20:7 & 119:55).

Who is among you that reveres Yahweh, that obeys the voice of His servant, that walks in darkness, and has no light? let him trust in the Name Yahweh, and stay upon his Almighty One (Isayah 50:10).

But unto you that revere My Name shall the light of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall (Malakyah [Malachi] 4:2).

But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of him, they shall set apart My Name, and set apart the Set Apart One of Yaaqob, and shall revere the Almighty One of Ysryl (Isayah 29:23; ).

And he said unto them, When you commune, say, Our Father which is in heaven, set apart be Your Name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth (Luke 11:2; Mattithyah [Matthew] 6:9).

There are some who claim Yahshua never spoke Yahweh’s personal Name and never taught anything about it. The Scriptures below will demonstrate this is simply not true. Indeed, there is evidence to support that he did speak the Name Yahweh and teach and heal using it.

Father, esteem Your Name. Then came there a voice from Heaven, “I have indeed esteemed it, and will esteem it again.” (Yahchanan [John] 12:28)

Accordingly, pray in this manner: Our Father Who is in Heaven, may Your Name be consecrated (Mattithyah [Matthew] 6:9).

I have made known Your Name to the men that You gave me from out of the world. They were Yours, and You given them to me, and they have kept Your word (Yahchanan [John] 17:6).

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your Name. Those that You gave Me I have kept, and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled (Yahchanan [John] 17:12).

And I have declared unto them Your name, and will declare it, that the love wherewith You have loved me may be in them, and I in them (Yahchanan [John] 17:26).

I have made you[Name eliminated] known to them, and will continue to make you[Name eliminated] known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myse...lf may be in them."

I have revealed you[Name eliminated] to them, and I will continue [Name eliminated] to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them."

Compare the following translations that do not eliminate the fact that the Messiah declared his and our Heavenly Father and Creator's Name unto the men that He had sent to him:

I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."

I made Your name known to them and will make it known, so the love You have loved Me with may be in them and I may be in them.

I made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me may be in them and I myself may be in them."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

“And I have revealed to them your Name, and I am revealing it, so that the love with which you have loved me shall be in them, and I shall be in them.”

I have made your name known to them, and I will make it known so that the love you have for me will be in them and I will be in them."

And I have declared unto them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

American King James Version

And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

American Standard Version

and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.

Douay-Rheims Bible

And I have made known thy name to them, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.

Darby Bible Translation

And I have made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them.

English Revised Version

and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.

Webster's Bible Translation

And I have declared to them thy name, and will declare it: that the love with which thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.

Weymouth New Testament

And I have made known Thy name to them and will make it known, that the love with which Thou hast loved me may be in them, and that I may be in them."

World English Bible

I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."

Young's Literal Translation

and I made known to them Thy name, and will make known, that the love with which Thou lovedst me in them may be, and I in them.'

A Disastrous Misunderstanding of the Name Yehovah

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"Worship" of Yeshua is NOT "Worship" of God!

Worshiping Yeshua (Jesus) as God is idolatry, as it contradicts the traditional Jewish understanding of God's monotheism. Monotheism: The Shema affirms that there is only one God, and many believe that worshiping Yeshua as God is a form of idolatry, as it deviates from the Jewish tradition of worshiping one God alone. 1 Deity of Yeshua: Some argue that Yeshua is God, but this view is debated within Judaism and Christianity. Theological discussions often focus on the nature of Yeshua's deity and whether he is a created being or the Son of God. 2 Worship Practices: Different interpretations of worship practices exist, with some emphasizing a spiritual and personal approach, while others adhere to traditional Jewish practices that focus on God alone. 1 In summary, the debate over the worship of Yeshua as God is complex and varies among different religious communities, with some viewing it as a form of idolatry and others affirming his divinity.

There is also much scholarly information on my web pages concerning the name Jehovah.

The following is from the World English Bible FAQ:

"Why do you use “Yahweh” for God’s name in the Old Testament?

“Yahweh” is the most probable best transliteration of this most holy proper name from the Hebrew consonants YOD HE WAW HE, or YHWH. This holy name is sometimes rendered “Jehovah” based on the mixture of the vowels for “Adonai” (Lord) with the consonants “YHWH” as it is written in some later Hebrew manuscripts. The original Hebrew manuscripts had no vowels, and we believe that the vowels for “adonai” were added to reflect the tradition of avoiding pronouncing God’s name, and saying “Lord” instead, and was not an indication of how the name should be pronounced by those so bold as to actually utter God’s name. This is a break from the tradition of the KJV and others that use “LORD” or “GOD” with all caps or small caps to translate “YHWH”, and use “Lord” (normal mixed case) to translate “Adonai” and “God” (normal mixed case) to translate “Elohim.” That tradition gets really confusing in some places, especially since “Yahweh” is used in conjunction with “Lord” and “God” in many places in the Old Testament. Since God’s proper name really is separate from the titles “Lord” and “God” in the original Hebrew, we wanted the English translation to reflect that fact, even when read aloud. "

YHWH - the Hebrew name of the God of Israel, probably originally pronounced Yahweh. Eventually the Jews gave up pronouncing it, considering the name too holy for human lips. Instead they said Adonai or "Lord." This oral tradition came to be reflected in the written Greek translation of the Old Testament (Septuagint) as kurios or "Lord," and it is often so quoted in the New Testament (Mark 1:3; Rom. 4:8). English versions of the Old Testament also tend to translate this word as "LORD." There is also a shorter form, YAH (Ps. 68:4; Is. 12:2; 26:4; 38:11). In Exodus 3:14-16 YHWH is linked with the verb hayah, "to be," probably referring to the presence of God with His people. (Gal. 5:1). Nelson's Student Bible Dictionary - A Complete Guide to Understanding the World of the Bible, Ronald F. Youngblood, F. F. Bruce, and R. K. Harrison pg. 270

YHWH - Known by the technical term Tetragrammaton (Gk., meaning "four letters") theses are the four consonants which make up the divine name (Exod. 3:15; found more than 6,000 times in the OT). The written Hebrew language did not include vowels, only consonants were used; thus readers supplied the vowels as they read (this is true today even in Hebrew newspapers). Reverence for the divine name led to the practice Adonai or "Lord." Many translations of the Bible followed this practice. In most English translations YHWH is recognizable where the word LORD appears in caps. of avoiding it's use less one run afoul of commandments such as Exod. 20:7 or Lev. 24:16. In time it was thought that the divine name was to holy to pronounce at all. Thus the practice arose of using the word

In the course of the centuries the actual pronunciation was lost. In the Middle Ages Jewish scholars (Masorete scribes) developed a system of symbols placed under and beside the consonants to indicate the vowels. YHWH appeared with the vowels from "Adonai" as a device to remind them to say "Adonai" in the reading of the text. A Latinized form of this was pronounced "Jehovah," but it was actually not a real word at all. From a study of the structure of the Hebrew language most scholars today believe that YHWH was probably pronounced Yahweh (Yah' weh). See God; I am; Jehovah; Lord; Names of God. Mark Fountain - Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

The Century Bible, Volume 1, pages 90-91, tells us the following.

Some time after the return from the Captivity, and before the beginning of the Christian Era, the Yahdaim (Jews) came to believe that the Holy Name Yahweh was too sacred to be uttered on ordinary occasions. It was said to be pronounced by the High Priest on the Day of Atonement. At other times, when any one read or quoted aloud from what is called the Old Testament, the word "Adonay", "Lord," was usually substituted for YAHWEH, and similarly the LXX (Septuagint Version) has Kurios, the Vulgate dominus, and the e.v. lord, where the Hebrew has YAHWEH. Hebrew was originally written without vowels, but when the "vowel points" were added, the vowels of "Adonay" or "Elohim" were written with YAHWEH, as a direction that these words were to be read instead of the word whose consonants were YAHWEH; thus we find the combinations YeHoWaH and YeHoWiH. At the Reformation, the former being the more usual, was sometimes used as the Name of the (Mighty One) of Isryl, and owing to ignorance of its history was misread as "Jehovah," a form which has established itself in English, but does not give the pronunciation of the Holy Name it represents.

Example of the prohibition of the Name Yahweh:

"Havayeh: We never pronounce the four letter name of G‑d as it is written, so we say Havayeh instead, changing the order of the letters." [Yahaveh] SOURCE

OTHER SOURCES:

Yahweh is an Anglicized version of the Name of God, as spoken during the time of the Temple and understood by Judaism and Christianity as taught in the Old Testament or the Bible. In the Hebrew written language, which often uses no written vowels, The Name is written YHWH, but never spoken. However, because Jews generally were forbidden by the Third Commandment to pronounce the sacred name, the vowels of Adonai (literally 'my lords') were normally inserted between its consonants, resulting in the name 'Jehovah'. Reflecting the same taboo, the earlier English translations of the Bible replaced the name with the phrase 'the LORD'. Because Jesus' followers routinely called him adon ('boss', 'lord', which translated into the gospels' Greek as kurios), the two titles became confused in English, to the point where it became unclear whether the phrase 'the LORD' was referring to Jesus or to Yahweh.

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(Underlinings and capitalization within the text are mine for emphasis purposes.) Also see hyperlinked text within the text for more information.

YAHWEH ... Based in part on Theodoret of Cyrrhus' memory of the Samaritan pronunciation, the name is generally rendered "Yahweh."

The Masoretes consistently marked the name with vowel signs indicating that the divine name Adonai ("Lord"), or at times Elohim ("God") was to be substituted for it when the Bible was read. Confusion about this custom led to misreading the name as JEHOVAH. In most English versions of the Bible it is translated "Lord."

Although the name Yahweh was first revealed to MOSES in Exod. 3:14, it occurs in the creation story (Gen. 2) and is said to have been used from the time of Seth and Enoch (Gen. 4:26). M. G. ROGERS From: Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions pg. 810.

Tetragrammaton (Gk., 'four lettered'). The four letters, YHWH/JHVH , of the Hebrew name of God. Traditionally the tetragrammaton is not pronounced, and in the biblical text, YHWH is read as *'Adonai' (my Lord) or 'Ha-*Shem' (the Name). The English 'Jehovah' is a vocalization of JHVH, inserting the vowels from Adonai. From: The Oxford Dictioanary of World Religions, Edited by John Bowker pg. 966.

Moses and Monotheism

The Hebrew Bible underscores the leadership of Moses in the wilderness of Sinai during the catalytic events that made Israel a people and at the same time established the exclusive worship of one God, Yahweh.*

* Footnote: In Hebrew, the name is written with four consonants [?], YHWH. The name was considered too sacred to pronounce, and since the vowel sounds were never written, the knowledge of them was lost. In early English translations of the Bible, vowels were supplied by using those from the word Adaonai ("Lord"; this word was regularly SUBSTITUTED for YHWH wherever it appeared) and the name then spelled Jehovah. Modern scholars ordinarily use the spelling Yahweh as probably more accurate. From: The Ancient World - An Historical Perspective (Second Edition) By Henrey C. Boren Pg. 84.

JEHOVAH, ji-ho'va (... properly yahweh): The form 'Jehovah' is impossible, according to the strict principle of Heb. vocalization. It is due to the arbitrary transference of the vowels of adonay, lord', to the sacred name _ _ _ _ after the Jews became over-scrupulous as to the pronunciation of the Name .... A New Standard Bible Dictionary Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York and London, 1936, pg. 418

Judaism

The Bible moves from a restricted view of God as a national deity to a more universal conception of him as the God of "ALL Nations ..." which are but instruments in his hand. This may be seen in the several names of God which are found in the Scriptures, ranging from Shaddai, which seems to signify storm-god, or god of power, Elo'ah, Yah, and Adonai, to the more common Elohim, and YHVH, the tetragrammaton, the last becoming the most sacred divine name (usually translated 'Lord') which was not pronounced by the Jews. (The name 'Jehovah' is a medieval MISREADING and does not occur in the Hebrew Bible.) From: World Religions - From Ancient History to the Present, Chapter Nineteen pg. 386, Editor: Geoffrey Parrinder, Facts On File Publications, New York, New York - Bicester, England.

Yahweh - “The Masoretes who from the 6th to the 10th century worked to reproduce the original text of the Hebrew Bible replaced the vowels of the name YHWH with the vowel signs of Adonai or Elohim. Thus the artificial name Jehovah came into being.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 12, 1993 ed.

“It is clear that the word Jehovah is an ARTIFICIAL COMPOSITE.” The New Jewish Encyclopedia, 1962 ed.

"The word "Jehovah is a HYBRID, arising from a MISUNDERSTANDING. The word "Yahweh," which more nearly corresponds to the original Hebrew name, is preferable; cp. Bade The Old Testament in the Light of Today (Boston, 1915), pp. 313 f.

The Jehovah's Witness' own Aid to Bible Understanding says, "The first recorded use of this form [Jehovah] dates from the 13th century C.E. [after Messiah]. Raymundus Martini, a Spanish monk of the Dominican order, used it in his book Pugeo Fidei of the year 1270. Hebrew scholars generally favor ‘Yahweh’ as the most likely pronunciation" (pp. 884-885).

"While inclining to view the pronunciation "Yah-weh" as the more correct way, we have retained the form "Jehovah" because of people's familiarity with it ..." (The same quote is found in the preface of The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, 1969).

Steven T. Byington, The Bible in Living English published by the Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower Bible & Tract Society in the preface states that the pronunciation Jehovah is "A BLUNDER".

Following is a bit of information from a book in my personal library.

Jehovah - The name Jehovah for God, which came into being because of an error of reading Hebrew, did not exist as a Hebrew word. It is actually a combination of two Hebrew forms that was caused by a peculiarity of the Hebrew writing system. The Hebrew alphabet consists only of characters for consonants ; vowels are indicated as dots or points written in characteristic positions above or below the consonants. The Hebrew name for God, whose consonants transliterated YHWH was considered so sacred that it was never pronounced, and its proper vowel points were never written. In some text the vowel points for a completely different word Adonai, "lord," were written with YHWH to indicate that the word Adonai was to be spoken whenever the reader encountered the word YHWH. YHWH was never intended to be pronounced with the vowels of Adonai, but Christian scholars of the Renaissance made exactly that mistake. The forms Iehovah - using the classical Latin equivalents, included I, pronounced (y), of the Hebrew letters - and Jehovah - substituting in English J, pronounced (j), the consonant sound that the letter i represented at that time - came into common use. SOURCE: Word Mysteries & Histories From Quiche To Humble Pie, By the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, pg. 130, (Underling done by me for emphasis).

Footnote #7: The divine name spelled YHWH and probably to be read 'Yahweh' was not spoken aloud by the Jews (except once a year by the high priest) for fear of blasphemy. In speaking, they usually SUBSTITUTED 'Adonai', usually translated 'Lord' in English versions. It was a combination of the written form YHWH and the vowels of Adonai which gave rise to the English form 'Jehovah'. From: Understanding the Bible - A Guide for Catholics By J. Holland Smith, pg 77.

Where did the name “Jehovah” come from?

“Jehovah” is a mispronunciation of the Hebrew name of God, resulting from a confusion over what vowels were to be included when saying the name.

The Hebrew name of God is יהוה (YHWH). This was revealed to Moses by God in Exodus 6:2-3. In Hebrew, there are usually no vowels inserted and it is up to the reader to insert the vowels at the time of reading. Most scholars think the vowels in the name of God are A and E making Yahweh.

Several centuries before Jesus, Jews stopped pronouncing the name of God as it was too sacred, and they started to substitute the word Adonay (Lord) instead whenever they came across the word Yahweh. Then later editions of the Hebrew scriptures added vowel pointings to guide readers. For YHWH, the vowels for Adonai were added to remind readers to read “Adonai” and not “Yahweh”. This actually made a non-word “Yehowah”.

The Hebrew letter “W” (waw) is now pronounced more like a “V” in modern Hebrew, and so is often transliterated as a V instead of a W. The Hebrew letter “Y” (yod) is often historically transliterated as a “J” due to its pronunciation in late Latin. Consequently, we get the name “Jehovah” although that was never the original word and probably does not sound anything like the Hebrew name of God.

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From Hugo McCord’s New Testament with Genesis, Psalms, and Proverbs:

An improvement needs to be made by the KJV, the NASV, the NIV, and the NRSV in their use of “LORD” with capital letters as a substitute for God’s personal name: YHWH (Exodus 3:15; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 42:8). The four letters (called the “Tetragrammaton”) erroneously came to be regarded as too sacred for human lips, and consequently the correct pronunciation (which God used in speaking to Moses, Exodus 3:15) died out of human memory.

Orally the rabbis substituted adonay, “Lord,” wherever YHWH appeared in the sacred text, which substitute in Greek became kurios in the LXX. The Vulgate followed suit, using the Latin dominus. In English the KJV generally did likewise, using four capital letters, “LORD,” which pattern has been followed by the NASV, the NIV, and the NRSV.

But the substitute “LORD,” for YHWH introduced a double problem: (1) the word “lord” is not a proper name, only a tittle; and (2) the use of one translation, though one is entirely capitalized, for two different words (YHWH and adonay) is confusing.

Before the Hebrew scholars translated the four letters of God’s name as YHWH they used JHVH, “the sound of Y being represented by J and the sound of W by V, as in Latin” (Bruce M. Metzger, “To the Reader,” preface of NRSV). Petrus Galatinus (confessor of Leo X), using JHVH, in 1518 injected the vowel points of the Hebrew word for “Lord” (e, o, a) into JHVH, and so constructed the word “Jehovah” (A. B. Davidson, The Theology of the Old Testament, p. 47). (Grammatically, hateph pathah under a yodth becomes a shewa.) The word “Jehovah” is therefore a hybrid, which “in linguistics” is “a word made up of elements from different languages” (Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary).

About a century after Galatinus, the KJV in 1611 “generally, though improperly, translated” the Teragrammaton “by ‘the LORD’” (Robert Young, Analytical Concordance, p. 536), but in four places (Exodus 6:3; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; 26:4) the KJV used Galatinus’ word “Jehovah.” The English Revised Version of 1881 “departed” from the pattern set by the KJV “only in a few passages in which the introduction of a proper name seemed to be required” (Preface, English Revised Version). The impersonal word “LORD” in those “few passages,” the English revisers thought, was inadequate to portray what they called the “ineffable” name. Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary defines an “ineffable” word as “too awesome or sacred to be spoken, as God’s ineffable name.”

Then the American revisers of 1901 thought that the “ineffable” name should appear not “only in a few passages,” but everywhere that the Tetragrammaton is in the sacred text. So the ASV has the word “Jehovah,” some 6,823 times.

However, scholars in Hebrew have all along “contested” the use of the word “Jehovah,” as being “against grammatical and historical propriety” (Brown, Driver, Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, p. 218). “The word “Jehovah” does not accurately represent any form of the Name ever used in Hebrew” (Bruce M. Metzger, “To the Reader,” preface in NRSV).

There is no way to justify textually the use of the word “Jehovah,” nor the word “LORD.” Historically, however, the use of “LORD” is justified as a substitute because Jesus used the word “LORD” when apparently he was quoting from the LXX’s rendition of the Tetragrammaton (Mt 22:44; Psalm 109:1 in the Hebrew; 110:1 in the English). Similarly, the Tetragrammaton in Isaiah 8:13 becomes “LORD” in Luke 3:4. But textually there is no way to justify the use of the word “LORD” as a translation of the four letters YHWH.

Textually, what vowels are necessary to make the four letters YHWH pronounceable? If the pronunciation is “Yehweh” (“qal” in grammar), the meaning is: “he keeps on being,” a certification of his endlessness and of his self-sufficiency and of his independence. “Beside me, there is no God” (Isaiah 44:6). “From everlasting to everlasting, you are God” (Psalm 90:2). Our hope for non-extinction depends on such a being.

If the pronunciation is “Yahweh,” (“hiphil” in the grammar), the meaning is: “he causes to be,” a certification of his creative power, without which we could not be in existence. “For in him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, for you created all things, and they came to be, yes, they were created, because of your desire” (Rev. 4:11).

Brown-Driver-Briggs (ibid) exhibit grammatical constructions in Hebrew text that point only to “Yahweh” as the proper pronunciation. Today Bible scholars agree that “it is almost if not quite certain that the name was originally pronounced ‘Yahweh’” (Professor Bruce M. Metzger, “To the Reader,” preface to NRSV).

This translation has “Yahweh” for YHWH, as in Genesis 2:4; Psalms 1:2; Proverbs 1:7, and “Yah” for YH, as in Psalm 68:4, and “Lord” for adon when the word refers t deity, as in Psalm 114:7, and “lord” for adon when the word refers to a human, as in Genesis 18:12; Psalm 105:21.

The use of “Yahweh” in this translation is an attempt to get back as close as possible to God’s personal name, of which he said to Moses:

“This you will say to the children of Israel: “Yahweh, the 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” (Exodus 3:15).

Our grandmother Eve did not think that God’s name is too sacred for human lips, saying, as Cain was born: “With the help of Yahweh, I have a male child!” (Genesis 4:1). It was during the lifetime of her grandson Enosh that “men began to call on the name of Yahweh” (Genesis 4:26). Similarly, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and many others used the memorial name in conversation (Genesis 14:22; 15:2; 24:27; 26:28; 27:27; 28:16; 30:24; 31:49). Reverence for the sacred name was one of the ten commandments: “You shall not make wrongful use of the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not pardon anyone who misuses his name” (exodus 20:7). “Holy and awesome is his name” (Psalm 111:9, NRSV). But, for some reason, known only to God, not the pronunciation, but apparently the meaning of his name was first revealed to Moses (exodus 3:13-15; 6:2-3).

Jehovah - The English and common European representation, since the 16th c., of the Hebrew divine name ... This word (the 'sacred tetragrammaton') having coming to be considered by the Jews too sacred for utterance, was pointed in the O.T. by the Masoretes [Jewish scribes] ... with the vowels ... of [adonai] as a direction to the reader to SUBSTITUTE ADONAI for the 'ineffable name'; which id usually done by Jerome in the Vulgate translation of Exodus [6:3], and hence by Wyclif. Students of Hebrew at the Revival of Letters took these vowels as those of the word ... (IHUH, JHVH) itself, which was accordingly transliterated in Latin spelling as IeHoVa (H), i.e. Iehoua'h. It is now held that the original name was IaHUe(H), i.e. Jahve (h, and one or other of these forms is now generally used by writers upon the religion of the Hebrews. ...

1860 PUSEY Min. Proph. 77 It is better to own ignorance, how the name of God is pronounced, than to use the name Jehovah, which is certainly wrong, or any other, which can only be conjectural.

B. Examples of recent forms of the word,

1869 J.E. CARPENTER tr. Ewald's History Israel II. 130 Jahveh alone was the true defense.

1893 MONTEFIORK Hibbert Lect, 45 Yahveh, to the Israelite, was emphatically the God of Right.

1899 R.H. CHARLES Eschatol, Heb., Jew & Chr,. 8 As the natural God Yahwe was the invisible head of the nation. From: Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press Vol. H-l pg. 568.

Jehovah - The name Jehovah for God which came into being because of an error in reading Hebrew, did not exist as a Hebrew word. It is actually a combination of two Hebrew forms that was caused by a peculiarity of the Hebrew writing system. The Hebrew alphabet consist only of characters for consonants; vowels are indicated as dots or points written in characteristic positions above or below the consonants. The Hebrew name for God whose consonants are transliterated YHWH, was considered so sacred that it was never pronounced, and its proper vowel points were never written. In some text the vowel points for a completely different word Adonai, "lord," were written with YHWH to indicate that the word Adonai was to be spoken whenever the reader encountered the word YHWH. YHWH was never intended to be pronounced with the vowels of Adonai, but Christian scholars of the Renaissance made exactly that MISTAKE. The forms Iehovah - using the classical Latin equivalents, including I, pronounced (y), of the Hebrew letters - and Jehovah - substituting in the English J, pronounced (j), the consonant sound that the letter i represented at the time - came into common use. From: Word Mysteries & Histories - From Quiche To Humble Pie By the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries pg, 130.

After the Exile (6th century B. C.), especially from the 3rd century B.C. on, Jews ceased to use the name Yahweh ... As Judaism began to become a universal religion through its proselytizing in the Greco-Roman world, the more common noun elohim (q.v.), meaning "god", tended to replace Yahweh At the same time, the divine name ... was thus replaced in the synagogue ritual by the Hebrew word Adonai (My Lord) ... (The New Encyclopedia Britannica: Micropedia, Ready Reference, vol. 10: p.786).

Before the 16th century the "J" did not exist in any language of the world. Where did it come from? The J originated as a variant of I: the I is derived from the Greek iota and the Semitic yod. The I was used as both a vowel and a consonant. Its consonantal sound was that of the English y. Sometime in the late 16th century, printers began to prolong the letter I when it appeared as a first or last letter of a word. As an initial letter it extended above and below the line and ended with a curve. As a final form it would extend below the line, used in Latin forms as "filij", and numerals like j, ij, iij, vj, viij, xij, etc. In English it was sometimes used where y had previously been substituted for a final i. It was not until the 17th century that the i was reserved as a vowel and the j as a consonant, and the capital forms of the letter J were introduced (Oxford English Dictionary, vol. 5: p. 67).

Jehovah: A mispronunciation (introduced by Christian theologians, but most entirely disregarded by the Jews) of the Hebrew "YHWH," the (ineffable) name of God (the Tetragramrnaton or "Shem ha-Meforash"). This pronunciation is grammatically impossible ... (ibid. vol. 7: p. 87).

Jehovah, a hybrid form for the divine name which originated in the mistaken idea that the consonants of the Tetragrammaton, YHWH (really pronounced "Yahweh"), were to be read with the vowel points found with them in the Masoretic Text... thus by combining these vowels with the consonants of the Tetragramrnaton, the mongrel form, "Yehowah," came into being, which with the English consonant j in place of the y and with the German pronunciation of the w as v, produced in turn the quaint form of "Jehovah." (Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Bible, p. 1109).

In The Mysterious Name of Y.H.W.H., page 74, Dr. M. Reisel said that the "vocalisation of the Tetragrammaton must originally have been YeHuàH or YaHuàH."

Canon D. D. Williams of Cambridge held that the "evidence indicates, nay almost proves, that Jahwéh was not the true pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton . . . The Name itself was probably JAHÔH."—Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (Periodical for Old Testament Knowledge), 1936, Volume 54, page 269.

In the glossary of the French Revised Segond Version, page 9, the following comment is made: "The pronunciation Yahvé used in some recent translations is based on a few ancient witnesses, but they are not conclusive. If one takes into account personal names that include the divine name, such as the Hebrew name of the prophet Elijah (Eliyahou) the pronunciation might just as well be Yaho or Yahou."

In 1749 the German Bible scholar Teller told of some different pronunciations of God's name he had read: "Diodorus from Sicily, Macrobius, Clemens Alexandrinus, Saint Jerome and Origenes wrote Jao; the Samaritans, Epiphanius, Theodoretus, Jahe, or Jave; Ludwig Cappel reads Javoh; Drusius, Jahve; Hottinger, Jehva; Mercerus, Jehovah; Castellio, Jovah; and le Clerc, Jawoh, or Javoh."

Following is and excerpt from Asimov's Guide To The Bible Volume 1 The Old Testament Isaac Asimov:

The Lord God

Once the P version of creation is ended, a new version begins;

Genesis 2:4. These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

The distinctive feature here is the sudden use of the term "Lord God," where throughout the first thirty-four verses the Deity had been referred to as simply "God."

The Hebrew word, here translated as "Lord," is made up of four Hebrew letters, which can be written in English as YHVH, and which are expressed, traditionally but mistakenly, as "Jehovah" for reasons to be given later (*see page 135). Modern scholars believe "Yahveh" is the more accurate presentation.

Where "god" is a general term for any deity, and where the capitalized form "God" expresses the one Deity of the Bible, Yahveh is the specific name of that specific Deity. Names were of considerable importants to ancient man, for they were considered and extension of personality. To be able to pronounce the name was to be able (according to folklore) to control the being named. Names were therefore tools of magic and Jews of the post-Exilic times disapproved of magic, not because they did not believe in its reality, but because the magic was usually performed in the names of heathen idols.

The name of God came to be avoided on principle, therefore. When it did occur in some of the traditional sources of the early books of the Bible or in the writings of the prophets of pre-Exilic times, pious Jews took to saying Adonai ("Lord") instead. This euphemism was excepted in English translation and in what might have been given as "the God, Yahveh" ("Yahveh Elohim") in place of God ("Elohim") is characteristic of a particular early strand of tradition which was incorperated into the Hexateuch. This strand is known as the "J document" because of it's characteristic use of "Jehovah" ("Yahveh") in connection with God.

There is another strand of early tradition which like the P document uses simply Elohim for God, and it is the "E document." Both J and E are much more personal than P, telling stories with circumstantial detail and do not greatly interest themselves in the more formal aspects of the matter.

The J document may have been put into written form as early as the ninth century in the more southerly of the two kingdoms into which the Israelites were then divided. This was the kingdom of Judah. The E document was put into written form a century later in the northern kingdom of Israel.

The dominant tribe in the northern kingdom was Ephraim and that was sometimes used as a poetic synonym for Israel. There is thus the interesting coincidence that the J document can stand for Judah as well as Jehovah, and the E document for Ephraim as well as Elohim.

The northern kingdom was destroyed toward the end of the eighth century B.C. and the priest of Judah incorperated E into their own J tradition. This made the primative history of their ancestors more complete, but also introduced occasional duplications, with the same tale told twice, once with a nothern orientation and once with a southern. Despite the careful dovetailing of verses, such duplicate versions can be dissected and identified.

During and after the Babylonian Exile, the priesthood took this combined JE version, added P material of their own, and produced Genesis as we have it now. It is not my purpose, in this book, to untwine Genesis and identify the source of each verse (something that is done in the Anchor Bible, for instance) but it is well to know that different sources do exist (Pgs. 19-21).

*Jehovah

On Mount Horeb, Moses becomes aware of a bush that is burning steadily but is not consumed. He approaches and God, speaking to him out of the bush, commands him to return to Egypt and to lead the Israelites out of slavery.

In the process God reveals His personal name:

Exodus 3:14. And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM ...

The phrase, capitalized as a gesture of respectful awe, is translated I AM WHO I AM in the Revised Standard Version, with a footnote giving alternate readings of I AM WHAT I AM and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE.

Apparently the name of the Lord here is connected with some form of the word "to be," either in the present of future tense, as though the primary nature of God is eternal existence.

Moses returns to Egypt along with his elder brother, Aaron, but his first efforts fail to impress Pharaoh. The Egyptian monarch sharpens the oppression so that the Israelites themselves, who had first hailed Moses, turn against him. God reassures Moses and pronounces his name once more, this time in a briefer version:

Exodus 6:3. ...I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacab, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

The name here given for God is the YHVH I mentioned earlier (see page 20).

In later history, the Jews grew increasingly reluctant to articulate the actual name of God and it became a habitual gesture of respect with them to substitute for the four consonants wherever they occured the respectful title of "the Lord," which in Hebrew is Adonai.

In both the King James Version and the Revised Standard Version this procedure if followed and YHVH is consistently translated as "Lord." Exodus 6:3 is the one place where the King James Version abandons caution and actually makes use of the name of God. The Revised Standard Version does not do so but remains consistent and translates the clause in Exodus 6:3 as "but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them." (The translation from the Masoretic text gives the Hebrew consonants themselves, untranslated, with a footnote directing that it be read "the Lord.")\The name Jehovah is almost universally accepted by English-speaking Christians as the manner of pronouncing YHVH, but that arose by mistake.

It seems as the centuries passed and the Jews of later history spread throughout the east and began to speak Aramaic, Babylonian and Greek, in preference to Hebrew, there grew up the danger that the proper pronunciation of the Biblical language would be forgotten. The Jewish scholars therefore placed little diacritical marks under the Hebrew consonants, indicating the vowel sounds that went with them in each particular word.

For YHVH, however, they did not produce the proper diacritical marks since the name was not supposed to be pronounced anyway. Instead, they wrote the diacritical marks for Adonai, the word that was supposed to be pronounced. Sometime during the Middle Ages, a Christian scholar, supposing that the vowels of Adonai belonged with the consonants YHVH, wrote out the name in full as Jehovah. (The initial J in Latin is pronounced like and initial Y in English.)

This mistake has persisted and will probably continue to persist. Actually, modern scholars seem to have decided that the correct pronunciation of YHVH is Yahveh.

During the greater portion of Old Testament times it was my no means certain that the worship of Yahveh, according to the ritual set forth in the first five books of the Bible (which according to long-accepted tradition, both Jewish and Christian, were wriitten by Moses), would win out among the Israelites. I will in this book, speak of those who believed in the worship of Yahveh (particularly in the exclusive worship of Yahveh as the only God) as Yahvist (Pgs. 134-135).

Asimov's Guide to the Bible Two Volume Set -- The Old and New Testaments by Asimov, Isaac

Scholarly Evidence On the Pronunciation "Jehovah":

"Two modern forms of YHWH are used in Bible

transliterations, namely, Yahweh and Jehovah.

They have different vowels, and the first one

has two syllables while the second has three.

My argument has been that Yahweh can be excluded

as a form close to the original for two principal

reasons, 1) It (Yahweh) has no basis whatsoever

in unpointed Hebrew texts or in the Masoretic text,

and 2) it (yahweh) has two syllables, while the

theophoric names suggest that YHWH had three

syllables (as is found in Jehovah)."

- Rolf Furuli

Lecturer in Semitic languages

University of Oslo

"Thus, the divine name

must have three syllables."

- Rolf Furuli

Lecturer in Semitic languages

University of Oslo

To determine the correct pronunciation of the

Divine Name of God, using the Hebrew Tetragram,

"Carr used a computer to sift through all the relevant

vowel/consonant combinations found in Hebrew scripture.

The computer eventually narrowed the list to 'e' 'o'

and 'a' or YeHoWaH (Jehovah in English)."

- The Daily Breeze

"Yehova, which was in agreement with

the beginning of all the theophoric names,

was the authentic pronunciation..."

(Yehovah in Hebrew = Jehovah in English)

- Paul Drach;

De l'harmonie entre l'église et la synagogue

(Of the Harmony between the Church and the Synagogue)

published in 1842

"That mystic name which is called

the Tetragrammaton...is pronounced JEHOVAH

(Iehovah), which means, Who is, and who shall be."

-Nicetas, Bishop of Heraclea, 2nd century,

From The Catena On The Pentateuch,

Published In Latin

By Francis Zephyrus, P 146

"The oldest archeological testimony

favors the pronunciation Jehovah.

A short inscription dated of the time of

Amenophis III (circa 1400 BCE)

has been found at Soleb..."

-M. Gérard GERTOUX; a Hebrew scholar,

specialist of the Tetragram;

president of the Association Biblique

de Recherche d'Anciens Manuscrits

"According to postings on various forums, it has been

stated that both Emanuel and Nehemiah Gordon believe

that the Name of God is closer to Yehowah, which is

similar to Jehovah in English. Nehemiah Gordon...

defends Yehovah after extensive study of the Masoretic

Text manuscripts. Nehemiah's view...based on studying

the actual manuscripts under Emanuel Tov, is that...

the earlier Masoretic manuscripts all have a Yehowah

or Yehovah pronunciation..."

- Seek God Association

(Michael John Rood: Messianic Karaite Rabbi)

"As a follower of Christ,

Peter used Gods name, Jehovah.

When Peters speech was put on record

the Tetragrammaton (YHWH / Jehovah) was here used

according to the practice during the first

century B.C.E. and the first century C.E."

- Paul Kahle; Studia Evangelica, edited by Kurt Aland,

F. L. Cross, Jean Danielou, Harald Riesenfeld

and W. C. van Unnik, Berlin, 1959, p. 614

(See App 1C Â§1.)

YEHOVAH FAVORED OVER YAHWEH

"non-superstitious Jewish translators always favored

the name Jehovah in their translations of the Bible.

On the other hand one can note that there is NO Jewish

translation of the Bible with Yahweh."

-M. Gérard GERTOUX; a Hebrew scholar,

specialist of the Tetragram; president of the

Association Biblique de Recherche d'Anciens Manuscrits

"Concerted effort has been underway for the past

several generations to alter the pronunciation of

the Divine Name, known as the Tetragrammaton,

from Jehovah into the Egyptian slur, Yahweh.

In spite of these efforts, there is compelling evidence

to stick with the traditional pronunciation."

--LambLion; by Scott Jones

"Actually, there is a problem with the

pronunciation Yahweh. It is a strange

combination of old and late elements."

- Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament

(TWOT)

"The pronunciation of yhwh as Yahweh

is a scholarly guess."

- Anchor Bible Dictionary, VI-1011.

"The great name YHWH is vocalized

as "Yehowah" in Hebrew...(Jehovah in English)

In the same way, as there were theophoric names

elaborated from the great name, that is names

beginning with Yehô- or its shortened form Y(eh)ô-, ...

The Hebrews took care of making either their names begin

with Yehô- or Yô-, or to end their names with -yah,

theophoric names like: Joshua, Jonathan, Jesus, John, etc."

For example, the name YHWHNN (John) is vocalized

Yehôha-nan in Hebrew."

- M. Gérard GERTOUX; a Hebrew scholar,

specialist of the Tetragram;

president of the Association Biblique

de Recherche d'Anciens Manuscrits

"The tetragrammaton, YHWH, is therefore read

I-eH-U-A (Iehoua), the equivalent of "YeHoWaH"

in Masoretic punctuation. This means that the name

is to be pronounced as it is written, or according

to its letters."

- (Won W. Lee professor at the Calvin College)

published in the Religious Studies Review

Volume 29 Number 3 July 2003 page 285.

"There is some evidence that the Tetragrammaton,

the Divine Name, (Jehovah), Appeared in some

or all of the OT (Old Testament) quotations in the

NT (New Testament) when the NT documents

were first penned."

- The ANCHOR BIBLE DICTIONARY

Volume 6 Si-Z Pages 392-393

"Numerous linguists have postulated that...this name

was pronounced Yehowah in the first century..."

-M. Gérard GERTOUX; a Hebrew scholar,

specialist of the Tetragram; president of the

Association Biblique de Recherche d'Anciens Manuscrits

"We have objective manuscript evidence

to support placement of the sacred name

(Jehovah) into the NT (New Testament) text,

the era of guesswork is over."

- A Collection of Evidence Supporting

Original Hebrew-Aramaic New Testament

by James Trimm - Chapter 4

"The Jewish scholars known as Massoretes

introduced a system of vowels and accents...

In this way the Tetragrammaton became Ye-Ho-VaH

and later on, in Western languages, Jehovah..."

- B.9.2: The Biblical Background; Gilles C H Nullens

"Yehovah - pronounced {yeh-ho-vaw'} -

is the correct Hebrew rendering. "

- Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible

TWO SYLLABLES OR THREE ?

YAHWEH = (2 syllables)

YEHOWAH = (3 syllables)

Concerning the tetragrammaton in favor

of the Hebrew name "Yehowah" (English-Jehovah)

"The original form of the divine name

was almost certainly three syllables, NOT two.

The accumulated data points heavily in the

direction of a "three" syllable word."

- George W. Buchanan,

"Some Unfinished Business

With the Dead Sea Scrolls,"

RevQ 13.49-52 (1988), 416

"When the Tetragrammaton was pronounced...

it was pronounced in "three" syllables

and it would have been 'Yahowah' "

- George W. Buchanan,

"How God's Name Was Pronounced,"

BAR 21.2 (March-April 1995), 31-32

"Many scholars believe...that it is more likely that

the Divine name was originally pronounced

in a three syllable form, ‘Yeh×o×wah.’ -

‘Jehovah’ is the English form of the divine name."

-The Divine Name of God;

Pursuit of Scriptural Truth

Home Christians.net

"In fact, from the evidence now available,

it may be argued that Yahweh is incorrect

and Jahoweh might be the true pronunciation."

- (The Law and the Prophets,pp. 215-224,

edited by John H. Skilton, Milton C. Fisher,

and Leslie W. Sloat).

"Samaritan poetry employs the Tetragrammaton

and then rhymes it with words having the same

sound as Yah-oo-ay (three syllables)."

- (Journal of Biblical Literature, 25, p.50

and Jewish Encyclopedia, vol.9, p.161).

"in the syllable division of the divine name

it would have ended up as Jahoweh,

a form...remarkably like the...form Jehovah"

-Laird Harris; The Pronunciation of the Tetragram,

in The Law and the Prophets: Old Testament Studies

Prepared in Honor of Oswald Thompson Allis,

ed. John H. Skilton

(Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian

and Reformed Publishing, 1974), pgs 218-224

"Thus the form Yahweh is an incorrect

hybrid form with an early 'w' and a late 'eh'. "

- The Law and the Prophets,

ed. by John H. Skilton,

Milton C. Fisher, and Leslie W. Sloat

"the pronunciation of YHWH

is an academic matter and the God of Israel

is more interested in our personal relationship

to Him rather than the pronunciation of his name. "

"What should be obvious in all this

is that the pronunciation of YHWH

is an academic matter and the God of Israel

is more interested in our personal relationship

to Him rather than the pronunciation of his name."

- (The Law and the Prophets,pp. 215-224,

edited by John H. Skilton, Milton C. Fisher,

and Leslie W. Sloat).

"God's Name...the spelling and the pronunciation are

not highly important. What is highly important is to

keep it clear that this is a personal name. There are

several texts that cannot be properly understood if we

translate this name by a common noun like ‘Lord’..."

-Steven T. Byington,

The Bible in Living English (p. 7)

Also see:

The Ghost Word, "Jehovah" - How It Came To Be

[PDF] Who is this Deity named Yahweh?

Dr. Thomas M. Strouse

This Name Was Not Meant To Be Forgotten!

Did you know that the Heavenly Father has a Name? The surprising truth is that the Name of the Creator of the universe is found 6,823 times in ancient Bible manuscripts, yet it was concealed by so called "Holy Bible" translators who believed it was too holy to use. But their own so called "Holy Bible" translations challenges us to discover and use the ONLY true, personal Name of the Creator and the Name of His son, our redeemer - the only name of redemption!

Read some startling facts about the Name right out of the pages of the Scriptures.

"Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His son's name, if you know it?" Proverb 30:4.

"I am Yahweh; that is My Name: and My esteem will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images." Isayah 42:8.

"Sing unto Yahweh, sing praises to His Name: extol Him that rides upon the heavens by His Name Yah ["JAH" A.K.J.V.] and rejoice before Him." Psalm 68:4.

("Yah" is the last part of the word "halleluYah." HalleluYah is the most ancient of all words of praise and means "praise Yahweh.")

"You shall not misuse the Name of Yahweh your Almighty One to bring it to naught, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless that misuses His Name to bring it to naught." Exodus 20:7.

(This is the Third Commandment.)

"And you shall not swear by My Name falsely, neither shall you profane the Name of your Almighty One: I am Yahweh." Leviticus 19:12.

"Yahweh….. is My Name forever. And this is My memorial to all generations." Exodus 3:15.

From the Bible Translators and Scholars -

In the introduction to the Moffat Translation (pp. 20-21), James Moffat makes it clear that he would have no hesitation about using the Name Yahweh in his translation if he had intended it for students of the original Scriptures.

We find in the preface to the Goodspeed translation: "The Hebrews called their deity by the name Yahweh, and in shorter form Yah." This source admits to using substitutes for the Name Yahweh.

The Revised Standard Version says at Exodus 3:15, "The word of the LORD when spelled with capital letters stands for the divine name YHWH, which is here connected with the verb hayah, to be."

The New Catholic Bible (Catholic Bible Press), at Exodus 3:14 notes, "I am who I am" ; apparently this utterance is the source of the word Yahweh; the proper, personal name of the God of Israel... , Out of reverence for this name the term 'Adonai,' 'my Lord,' was used as a substitute. The word Lord in the present version represents this traditional usage. The word Jehovah arose from a false reading of this name as it is written in the current Hebrew text."

In the International Bible Encyclopedia of the King James Version published by Garden City Publishing Co., we note the following under the heading "Jehovah": "It is believed that the correct pronunciation of this word is 'Yahweh.' "

In the Jewish Encyclopedia (volume 7, p. 88) is this revealing statement: "The reading Jehovah is a comparatively recent invention. Jehovah is generally held to have been the invention of Pope Leo the 10th's confessor, Peter Galatin (De Arcanis Catholic Veritates 1518, Folio XLIII), who was followed in the use of this hybrid form by Fagius Drusius."

A new Standard Bible Dictionary states, "Jehovah... properly Yahweh... the form 'Jehovah' is impossible, according to the strict principles of Hebrew vocalization." (There was no "J" in the original Hebrew, nor in Greek for that matter. Modern Hebrew has no "J".)

From the preface to the Holy Name Bible, published by the Scripture Research Association, is the following: "Another common error among most of the translators is their elimination of heaven's revealed Name of the Most High, Yahweh, and the Name of His Son, Yahshua the Messiah, and the substitution of the names of the local deities of the nations among whom they dwelt (Psalm 96:5), expressly transgressing Yahweh's commandments as given in Exodus 20:7 and 23:13.

"The substitution of the Names Yahweh and Yahshua by the names of the pagan deities of the nations has brought immeasurable harm… By employing these names the people unknowingly turn the worship of Yahweh into that of idols and actually ascribe the benevolent characteristics of the Mighty One of Israel to the pagan deities (Hosea 2:8)."

On page 7 of this source we read, "His Name is composed of two parts: Yah-Hoshua (Savior). Thus the contraction Yahshua signifies Yahweh-Savior and strikingly bears out the logic of Matthew 1:21."

From Common Secular Sources -

From the Oxford Cyclopedic Concordance is this on page 121: "Jehovah, the name revealed to Moses at Horeb… Its real pronunciation is approximately Yahweh. The name itself was not pronounced Jehovah before the 16th century."

Encyclopedia Britannica (Micropedia, vol. 10): Although Christian scholars after the Renaissance and Reformation periods used the term Jehovah for YHWH, in the 19th and 20th centuries biblical scholars again began to use the form Yahweh. Early Christian writers, such as Clement of Alexandria in the 2nd century, had used the form Yahweh, thus this pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton was never really lost. Greek transcriptions also indicated that YHWH should be pronounced Yahweh."

Webster's New World Dictionary - "Yahweh… a form of the Hebrew name in the Old Testament. See Tetragrammaton."

The New American Encyclopedia notes this under Jehovah, "(properly Yahweh) a name of the [Mighty One] of Israel, now widely regarded as a mispronunciation of the Hebrew YHWH."

Notice what The Jewish Encyclopedia of 1901, Volume 12, page 119, states.

It thus becomes possible to determine with a fair degree of certainty the historical pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, the results agreeing with the statement of Ex. iii. 14, in which YHWH terms Himself hyha. "I will be", a phrase which is immediately proceeded by the fuller term "I will be that I will be," or, as in the English versions, "I am" and "I am that I am." The name hwhy is accordingly derived from the root hwh (=hyh), and is regarded as an imperfect. This passage is decisive for the pronunciation "Yahweh"; for the etymology was undoubtedly based on the known word.

The Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 7, page 680, further states this fact.

The true pronunciation of the name YHWH was never lost. Several early Greek writers of the Christian Church testify that the name was pronounced "Yahweh". This is confirmed, at least for the vowel of the first syllable of the name, by the shorter form Yah, which is sometimes used in poetry (e.g., Ex. 15:2) and the -yahu or -yah that serves as the final syllable in very many Hebrew names.

"After the death of the high priest Simeon the Righteous [270 B. C.] the priests ceased to pronounce the Name (Yoma 39b), From that time the pronunciation of the Name was prohibited. "Whoever pronounces the Name forfeits his portion in the future world" (Sauh. xi. 1)." (The Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9: pp. l62-l63).

Because of the deceptive vowel points, the name Yahweh became Yehowah. The Latin spelling of this new name was Iehovah (later Jehovah, pronounced Yehowah). "Jehovah" is generally held to be the invention of Pope Leo X's confessor, Peter Galatin "[De Arcanis Catholisae Veritatis, 1518, folio xliii.]." (The Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 7: p. 88).

Jehovah: English transliteration of the Divine name, based on a misunderstanding of the Hebrew text, which should probably be read Yahweh. (The Concise Jewish Encyclopedia, p. 277).

... commonly represented in modern translations by the form "Jehovah", which, however is a philological impossibility. (The Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9: p. 160).

Also see: Jewish Encyclopedia:

NAMES OF GOD.

ADONAI

TETRAGRAMMATON:

The Shem ha-Meforash, the "distinctive name," YHWH (Yahweh) was considered so sacred that the privilege of learning its pronunciation became reserved to a chosen few, "a small number of esoteric "elect" of heaven." (The Book of Jewish Knowledge, p. 401).

You shall not take the Name Yahweh your Almighty One in vain: for Yahweh will not hold [him] guiltless that takes His Name in vain (Deuteronomy 5:11).

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The Name Jesus

"During the Middle English period [the name was] regularly used in its Old French (objective) form lesu. The (Latin nominative) form lesus was rare in Middle English, but became the regular English form in 16th century. Yet in Tindale's New Testament, 1525-34, the form Iesu was generally used where the Greek had Iesou, the Vulgate Iesu... This was, as a rule, retained by Coverdale 1535, and in the Great Bible 1539..." (The Oxford English Dictionary [1n 12 vols.] vol. 5: p. 573).

The name appears in English Bibles and Historical works, as Iesu (pronounced yay-soo), prior to 1633 A.D., afterwhich, it begins to appear as Jesu. Finally in the year 1779 we find the spelling Jesus being commonly used, but not exclusively, for Jesu is still used through 1827 and probably as late as 1881. (For a detailed etymology please consult the previously cited reference book). The Jesus spelling may have come into existence as early as 1775, or 1776, along with the Satanic declaration "Don't Tread on Me". According to Benjamin H. Freedman there was no word "Jew" before this time either. "It is an incontestable fact that the word "Jew" did not come into existence until the year 1775. Prior to 1775 the word "Jew" did riot exist in any language." (Facts are Facts, p. 12).

Where and how did the name Yesu (Yay-soo) originate?

The Hebrew language was the original language of Israel and of the Holy Scripture [O.T.]. The first form of Christ's name is found in the book of Numbers. Moses had a helper named HWS (Nu. 13:8,16). Moses renamed HWS` (Helper) by adding the first letter of God's name, it then read: YHWS` (which presumably meant, YHWH is the helper). The word YHWS` was changed to (YSW`) in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. This final form (YSW`) was transliterated by Jewish scholars in the Septuagint Scripture (Greek) in the 3rd century B.C. as [lesou: e.a.sou] (which sounded exactly like the Hebrew name).

The actual pronunciation of the Hebrew no vowel name must depend upon the Greek, since this was the first language with vowels into which the Hebrew Scripture was translated [1,000 yrs. before the Masoretes introduced their vowel signs].

The transliteration (bringing over the sound from one language into another) of the Greek word into English is Yasu [yay-soo].... Since the Greek name of Christ was pronounced Yasu, and the Greek sounded exactly like the Hebrew, YSW` also was pronounced Yasu [yay-soo].

Greek was the world-wide language at the time of Christ and His apostles. The good news of Christ therefore was first spread in the Greek language....

Since God chose this Holy name, Yasu, by which to save his people [Matt. 1:21; Lk. 24:47; Acts 10:43; etc.] it evidently is of utmost importance, and should not be changed. God ordained that His saving name should be pronounced Yasu [yay-soo]. Who is man to say that God's name is not important enough to keep its original pronunciation and should now follow the false church's practice of calling His name "Jesus"? (Who Is God?, K.M. Bean).

Under the name Jesus, the Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Rev. Walter W. Skeat, "the Saviour of mankind. (L.-Gk.-Heb.) In Wyclif's Bible. -- L. lesus (Vulgate). -- G. lesous. -- Heb. Yeshu`a (Jeshua, Nehemiah viii. 17, a later form of Joshua): contracted form of Yehoshu`a (Jehoshua, Numbers 13:16), signifying, [Yahweh] is salvation or "Saviour." (p. 314).

Following is a note from Cracking The Bible Code, by Jeffrey Satinover: "The silent letters in Hebrew are 'aleph' and 'ayin', which can take on any vowel sound. Many words are spelled with them or without them. (Such a letter is called a mater lexionis.)" (p. 312). The "a" vowel of the final syllable in Yeshua is not derived from the ayin, but from the deceptive Masoretic points which did not appear before the 7th-8th century A.D. "One has to be careful not to grant the same canonical authority to the Masoretes as to Moses and the prophets. Nor should one be too critical of the modern Old Testament scholar who thinks he has just cause to alter one or two of the signs the Masoretes had introduced." (Do lt yourself Hebrew and Greek: Everybody's Guide to the Language Tools, p. 14:3).

"lesous is the Greek form of the Old Testament Jewish name Yesua`, arrived at by transcribing the Hebrew and adding an -s to the nominative to facilitate declension. Yesua` (Joshua) seems to have come into general use about the time of the Babylonian exile in place of the older Yehosua`. The LXX [Greek translation of O.T.] rendered both the ancient and more recent forms of the name uniformly as lesous." (The New International Dictionary of the New Testament Theology, vol. 2: pp. 33O-331).

IESU (LATIN) to ESAU (HEBREW)

The Pronunciation of the Messiah's Name:

ישׁוּע

yêshûa‛

yah-shoo'-ah

For H3091; he will save; Jeshua, the name of two Israelites, also of a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Jeshua.

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