what does the word "yahweh" mean?

Question

If the tetragrammatation is YHWH, then how did you get to know that it says YaHWeH. It can be YeHoWeH. or YiHWuH. or any other vowels in between. furthermore, when Moses was replied by God as "I am" , then how did you get this "YHWH" ?

please provide the proofs and authentic references of what you say?

Answer 1

I have wondered this myself. I just think that people picked those vowels because they thought that they made it sound most like a name. Why do many cultures, say Jehovah? That is even a farther departure from YHVH. I think they did this because sounded more pleasing.

Answer 2

The early jewish scriptures used the four letters YHWH to indicate a reference to the thing known to them as a god. ( their preferred god) They would not say the actual name of god as this was either impossible, unknown or forbidden. the jews spoke hebrew and prounced this word as Yahweh. ( ya -way)
Later, in elizabethan english this became Jehovah (juh-ho-va) but both are merely attempts to indicate a reference to god and not an attempt to prounounce the name of god.

In Sethian texts this four letter combination was elaborated upon as Barbelo. Again not the name of god but the word used by humans to talk about him/her (god has no gender)
This word was from a use of the word EL, meaning god (not his name) and the letter B, meaning the word "in" , in hebrew and the hebrew word "arb", meaning the number 4.. so they would say "El-b-arb meaning "god as known through his ineffable name. " ( as IN his four letter designation being YHWH) This was later bastardized into Barbelo, which sounds more like a name and is said and remembered easier. This barbelo word was a reference only to the Devine Mother aspect of god, which together with the Invisible Spirit and the Devine Autogenes, was a complete representation or reference to the Jewish GOD,which was considered to be a trinity even then by the hebrews.

Above all three is GOD the father, the true god of the entire universe. none of these gods or aspects had actual names as do angels or humans. the jews are monotheistic and worship only the one trinity god, but have never claimed thet there are no other gods. They just prefer the one they designate as YHWH,as their owne special god. the Christians split off a new religion from the jews and kept one of their same books and the same god, but never really understood what they were doing as the jews did. You cannot take just part of a religion and throw out the rest. The jews have many holy books besides what we call the Bible.

You are hung up on the pronounciation of YHWH, which is largely irrelevant, unless you are attempting to speak ancient hebrew to an ancient jew. If you are speaking to GOD, you need only think the concept and not utter the word. She/He will know what and who you mean. be careful what god you worship as jehovah is a jealous god and a wrathful god.
He can hurt you if you mess up or anger him/her. the true god forgives and loves. not Jejovah. he demands and rules.

Answer 3

Yahweh, it is believed by biblical scholars, derives from the Hebrew word Hayah, meaning "to be," and the name itself would mean something like "He causes to be." Because of its frequent coupling with "Tzebaoth" (armies), the full original name for God may have been "He causes there to be armies." The vowels in between are not arbitrary, but can be very reasonably determined. Contrary to what you seem to believe, Hebrew doesn't just throw random vowels in between consonants but follows patterns and rules. Linguists who have studied Hebrew morphology and development have reached a general consensus that ha-Shem (the Name) was pronounced as "Yahweh" or something very similar (possibly Yahoweh).

As for the second part of your question, when God says "I am" to Moses. The full quote is: "I am who I am," which in Hebrew is "Eheyeh asher eheyeh." A better translation is "I will be what I will be," however. This "Eheyeh" (I am/will be) is one of the many epithets of God found in the Bible, but it is not his personal name.

It is important to point out that the Name is NOT Jehovah and was NEVER pronounced as such by the Israelites. Jehovah is a horrible butchery of the name that is used by people who have absolutely no undertanding of Hebrew. Jehovah is so incredibly wrong that anyone with even the faintest knowledge of Hebrew will laugh out loud if you claim that's how the Name was originally pronounced.

Answer 4

Yud Hei Vav Hey ( Or Hei ), a title so as to avoid speaking / writing the sacred unspeakable Divine Name in vain, I believe.

BTW : Any scroll ( i.e. The Torah ) containing the Divine Name, if damaged, was buried like a body, because it was considered too HOLY to be disposed of like a common piece of refuse. I think it's the same with the Qu'ran as well.

More: " Jehovah " is a Greek / Latinized version of YHVH, not accepted by some Jewish / Hebrew experts.

Koresh419: Excellent, thourough answer.
Hope this helps.

Answer 5

He is that He is. My reference is my faith. If you use a name for God today. Different nationalities would use different pronunciations and scripts. While that would change the symbols and uttering representative of Him...it would not change Him. Therefore, I Am that I Am. is such a deep and perfect identification, that only our God could have presented Himself in a way that we with our limitations could know Him and not be confused by our limited symbols.

Answer 6

Its the distinctive personal name of the God of Israel.
Appearing 6,823 times in the Bible. Today the English transcription "Jehovah" is used by many English speaking Protestant Christians and also by Jehovah's Witnesses.
Has been replaced by "LORD" all capitals.

Answer 7

lol,

You'll notice that for YHWH you get not only

Yahweh, but you also get
Jehovah, which is more or less the same thing.

God's actual name doesnt matter; all that is required is that we respect it.

Answer 8

it is a name for God

Answer 9

Go here for all the proof you need.

http://www.yahweh.com/NAME/theName2.html

Answer 10

Here's one: http://www.solbaram.org/articles/gennam.html

Here's another: http://www.azuzastreetriders.com/whoisgod2.htm

Some typos and bad grammar here, but yet another: http://www.abu.nb.ca/ecm/topics/theme2.htm#Yahweh

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