im talking about the name of God "Jehova" or "Yave"? which one is the right one and why?..
2006-07-21 17:39:54 · 10 answers · asked by Leo S 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The most holy name of God is spelled with the Hebrew characters: yod, he, vav, he. I don't know where anyone ever got the J from in Jahovah as there is no J sound in Hebrew. God's personal name was considered too holy for people to speak it. It was only spoken by the high priest in the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem. And then, only on one day of the year, the
Day of Atonement. The high priest had a rope tied to his leg that
stretched out of the room in case he died there, someone could drag his body out as no one could enter except the high priest.
Since the destruction of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD
no Jew has ever pronounced that name. Hebrew, at that time had essentially no written vowel system so there is great disagreement about the exact pronunciation of God's Most Holy name.
When the scriptures were read in the Temple and now in the
synagogue, wherever God's Name is written the reader would say theHebrew word adoni, which is the same as our word lord. Where the word Jahovah came from is the Yod was mispronounced as J. and the vowels of the word adoni were inserted between the Yod He, and Vav, and the 2nd He is the H on the end.
The word Yahway comes from the Yod pronounced as Y, the
H comes from He, the vav pronounced as W ( I think mispronounced but some Biblical scholars would disagree), and the He pronounced as "A". My teacher told me that no one is sure
exactly how God's Most Holy name is pronounced but the best guess is Yahaveh.
God's most Holy name is only translated once in the Old Testament ( There was no way to write it in Greek and in any case the writers of the New Testament didn't want anyone to pronounce it), and that is the account of Moses in the burning bush. There God tells Moses His Name is, "I Am That I Am, tell them I Am sent you. All other places the word LORD in capitals
is substituted for Yod, He, Vav, He., except in some Catholic translations, the name Yahway is used.
You asked a very interesting and I think a very important question,
one that is very dear to my heart. For one thing, the comandment
is not, "Thou shall not take The LORD's name in vain". It is "Thou shall not take the name of Yahaveh in vain." Also, it is not, "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart------". It is, "Thou shall love Yahaveh your God----.". There are also very important passages in The Old Testament that You can't understand unless you translate the substitution LORD to, "I AM That I Am".
God bless you for wanting to more about God and the Bible. By the way, the short form of God's name is Yah. The Hebrew word
Halleluyah that we say and sing means, "Praise Yahaveh". Also,
Jesus real name in Hebrew is Yashua which means,
either, Yahaveh's Savior or Yahaveh Savior.
This may have been more than you wanted to know, but you asked such an important question, I didn't want to give you a short answer. By the way, I am not Jewish but since my Lord and Savior was Jewish and most of the Bible is written in Hebrew, I wanted to learn more about Hebrew to understand the Bible better.
2006-07-21 18:46:07 · answer #1 · answered by Smartassawhip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YHWH is the extent of what we know about God's personal name. At Psalm 83:18, the King James Version translates it as Jehovah but the New King James and the Newly Revised King James have just left it out and substituted The Lord instead. Chances are the pronounciation Yahweh is most correct, however, because Jesus is named after his Father, Jehovah, if you change Jehovah into Yahweh, you must also change Jesus into Yeshua and most people object to this translation because of it.
2006-07-22 00:56:09 · answer #2 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Hebrew text the name of their god and by default the name of the christian god is Yahweh. Of course if you look to the oldest scriptures before translation Jesus is Yahoshua (bad spelling) anyway it was not Jesus. Jesus according to christian mythology was a Hebrew and the Hebrew language does not have a j sound in it. The J comes from old Latin texts and at the time of their writings the J was pronounced like a Y is in English now days.
2006-07-22 01:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct name of God is Yahweh. Jehovah is a mispronounciation of the tranliteration (sounding out the word) of Yahweh in Hebrew. Yahweh is the name that appears in the Hebrew scriptures which is where our Old Testament comes from.
2006-07-22 00:48:57 · answer #4 · answered by Geoff C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hebrew Scriptures record YHVH (YHWH) as being the name of God revealed to the Patriarchs. Its proper pronunciation is lost. Jehovah was a compelation of the sounds of the consonants combined with the vowls of Adoni. However, God also revealed He was HWH to Moses.
2006-07-22 00:46:28 · answer #5 · answered by atreadia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those names came from the Old Testament and even the speaking of God's name was forbidden because it is so Holy! Our use of "God" is more of a description, not a name. Jesus instructed us to say "Our Father" or Abba which is still a descriiption not a name.
2006-07-22 00:49:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the names of God are many
i have a poster on my wall showing about 50 of the names of God all with the scripture in which they were used.
2006-07-22 00:52:11 · answer #7 · answered by simplemod400 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jehovah is another name for Lord or God, in hebrew i think
2006-07-22 00:48:33 · answer #8 · answered by Nicole 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is the name yahweh (I probably didn't spell that right), which is a very personal name used in the bible.
2006-07-22 00:50:11 · answer #9 · answered by Abby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are alternative pronounciations of some ancient jewish letters.
2006-07-22 00:44:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋