Why do people other than Jews call the Hebrew's God 'Yahweh'?

Question

Is it English for the Hebrew name? Sorry if I sound dumb lol.

Answer 1

The basic translation of the Hebrew God's name is YHWH. The Jews left out the vowels because no human is worthy to either write or speak the full name of God. Modern English speakers, fill in the vowel spaces with likely sounds, producing Yahweh.

As far as we can tell, the oldest name for the Hebrew God is YHWH, making this the most proper name. Also, Christianity and Islam were created out of Judaism, so YHWH would be most proper name for the God of Christians and the God of Islam.

The basic story, from what I remember, is that Abraham was contacted by YHWH and his family and those who chose to follow YHWH became the Jews. Over time, the Jews needed a Messiah, or a spiritual leader to bring them back to the right way of worship, so Jesus was sent to earth to help the Jews find the right path. The followers of Jesus became the Christians. After some time, Mohammed was born and spent his young life traveling, and came in contact with both Christian and Jewish merchants, from whom he learned about YHWH. After some time, Mohammed was contacted by YHWH and became his prophet. The followers of Mohammed became the Muslims.

That is roughly how it all went. So, Non-Jews call God YHWH because that is his name, and we all follow that same God.

Answer 2

Adonai is basically Lord YHWH is basically the tetragramaton, the 4 letters of God's actual name, minus the vowels. Yahweh is YHWH with vowels which may or may not be correct. Jews have no traditions forbiding the use of the term Lord or Adonai. Some Jews have traditionally felt the name was too sacred and Holy to be said without the utmost of respect, and therefore have refrain when using the name YHWH. So it is both YHWH and Adonai, with more freedom for the use of Adonai. Then there are debates about certain letters, such as W or V, which seem like ol' wives tales rather than fact... I have had the debate and with an open mind to learn the truth have only seen subjective evidence at best. Yes there was a change, yet the best evidence I have seen supports the use of the W before the change to V and then a subsequent change back to the W... In other words, the evidence does not prove the absence of the W in Biblical Hebrew, yet it does show the absence of the W in an ancient form of Hebrew dating back to around the time of the latter part of the scriptures. Of course by W or V we are referring to the sound of the letters, since Hebrew letters do not look like the letters we use. This of course makes any such evidence very subjective, rather than irrefutable. And given the evidence I have seen, it actually seems logical for there to be those who believe the issue of the V vs the W, yet it actually seems more logical that the W was the actual sound pronounced. So I use the W for the sake of the evidence, rather than choosing based on "peer pressure".

Answer 3

the name Yahwe comes from YHVH..or YHWH the tetragrammaton. This ia what most christians will tell you.

Actually this is false. YHVH is unpronouncable. You see hebrew doesnt have clearly defined vowels written down in its language. On ereason for this is that vowels are sacred. Vowels give "life" to constanants. But thats an aside.

The name Yahweh actually comes from a christian monk who combined the vowels of 2 names of the god of the jews (the God of the Jews has OVER 50 names)and put them into YHVH. Thus we have Yahweh or Jehova.

In actual fact as the correect prnunciation of the tetragrammaton (4 letterd name of God) YHVH is lost... it could be YiHooVaHo YoHeVaHo etc. No one knows.

Modern christians using the term Yahwe and Jehova are merly using something that has become "popular." Like calling gay people gay not homosexuals...etc

Answer 4

Yahweh gave his name to Moses at the burning bush and, that is the only name man kind can be saved under says Acts 4:10. The letter (J) did not exist untill some 400 years ago after King James had the YHWH taken out of the Bible and had Jesus inserted. Gods name was to sacred to be said in those days.

Answer 5

He has over 4,000 names, that is why. It fits nicely into some songs better than other names would.
I am sorry, I don't know if it is Hebrew or what language.
There is no reason to feel dumb. I studied Christianity for 8 years intensively, and still don't know languages.
I never heard that about ElShadai, I have said it in song and chant many, many times, I will go to my heaven anyway.

Answer 6

First, He is not the Hebrew's God. He is everyone's God. Second, Yahweh is His name. What else shall we call Him?

Answer 7

God is Jehovah. God is Yahweh. God is God. There are many names for God. If I am with a Jewish friend I may say Yahweh. It is like speaking French when in France. It is respect. There is only one God. But there are many languages.

Answer 8

MY understanding is that the name derives of how its spelled in the OT in Hebrew. Without vowels, its something like JHWH. Filling in the vowels, you can spell it Jahovah (the W is pronounced like a V), or the J is pronounced as a Y and you can spell it Yahweh or Yahveh.

Goin off of memory, so if my details are wrong I apologize.

Answer 9

This is an English rendering of God's sacred 4-letter ineffable name, which is found in the Jewish scriptures.
Since this a sacred name of God, It is not to be pronounced out loud.

Answer 10

It is the name the jews use to refer to "god". The actual hebrew name is not used, "El Shadai". It is believed that if you speak this name aloud then you are condemned.