The Name of the Creator is Yahweh, so why?

Question

Is He called god?
God is a title not a name.

Answer 1

Are you really sure that is the way to pronounce God's name?

In one of Harrison Ford's movies, when he was looking for the glass or cup, Jesus drink out of at the Evening Meal, when He asked his Father in the movie, played by Sean Connery what God's name was, his Father told him "Jehovah".

THE RIGHT to HAVE a NAME

Every person has the right to have a name. In Tahiti, even an abandoned newborn whose father and mother are unknown is give a name. The registry office designates a first and a last name for the abandoned child.

Yet, there is one person who in a sense has been denied this basic right, a right granted to virtually all humans. Amazingly, he is "the Father, to whom every family in heaven and on earth owes its name"! (Ephesians 3:14,15) You see, many people actually refuse to use the name of the Creator as it appears in the Bible. They prefer to replace it with such titles as "God," "the Lord" or "the Eternal One." What, then, is his name? The psalmist answers that question: "You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth." Psalm 83:18.

In the first half of the 19th century when the missionaries of the London Missionary Society arrived in Tahiti, Polynesian people worshipped several gods. Each had its own distinctive name, the principal gods being "Oro" and "Taa-roa." In distinguishing the God of the Bible from others, those missionaries did not hesitate to make wide use of the divine name, transliterated "Jehova" in Tahitian.

That name came to be well-known and commonly used in everyday conversation and correspondence. King Pomare II of Tahiti, who reigned in the early 19th century, used it frequently in his personal correspondence. Evidence of that fact appears in a letter, written in English, it is exhibited in the Museum of Tahiti and its Islands. This letter testifies to the absence of prejudice regarding the use of the divine name at that time. What is more, God's personal name appears thousands of times in the first Tahitian version of the Bible, which was completed in 1835.

Answer 2

No human today can be certain how God's name was originally pronounced in Hebrew.Biblical Hebrew was originally written with only consonants,no vowels.When the language was in everyday use,readers easily provided the proper vowels.In time,however, the Jews came to have the superstitious idea that it was wrong to say God's personal name out loud,so they used substitute expressions,thereby loosing the original pronunciation of the divine name.
Many scholars favor the spelling "Yahweh",but it is uncertain and there is not agreement among them.On the other hand,"Jehovah" is the form of the name that is most readily recognized,because it has been used in English for centuries and preserves,equally with other forms,the four consonants of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton.
Most names change to some extent when transferred from one language to another.Jesus was born a Jew,and his name in Hebrew was perhaps pronounced Yeshua,but the inspired writers of the Christian Scriptures did not hesitate to use the Greek form of the name,Iesous'.In most other languages the pronunciation is slightly different,but we freely use the form that is common in our tongue.The same is true of other Bible names.How,then,can we show proper respect for the One to whom the most important name of all belongs?Would it be by never speaking or writing his name because we do not know exactly how it was originally pronounced?Or,rather,would it be by using the pronunciation and spelling that are common in our language,while speaking well of its Owner and conducting ourselves as his worshipers in a manner that honours him?

Answer 3

all the names mean something
psalm writers or prophet will call him a diffeent name based on the situation....read the bible and be aware of the situation at which the name is used

example: almighty--indicates great strenght, glory, power, etc...
Yahweh is also the name for God, an other may be adonai or elohim
each meaning depicts a characteristic

Answer 4

The name you mentioned is from the Hebrew, in which the creator has many names. Some are feminine and some are masculine, depending on which divine attribute they are describing. The particular name you are asking about means, in Hebrew, He was, He is, He shall be.

Answer 5

Actually, the first reference to G-d in the old testament, that is the common ground of abrahamic religions (Jewdaism, Islam and Christianism) is "elohim" ...

Genesis 1:1
-> Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'arets.
meaning "In the beginning God created heaven and earth. "

But strangely enough, in hebrew the "im" ending means plural, and in fact... Elohim doesnt mean God but "The gods" if we interpret the language plainly.
This shows the original tribal nature of pre abrahamic tribes as more paganized as comonly thought..

Interesting, isn't it?

Answer 6

In Hebrew, God's personal name is based on four letters-YHWH. I will not dispute that it is pronounced Yahweh. However, in English, it is more commonly pronounced Jehovah.

Answer 7

Yahweh is also not a name. God is English and Yahweh is Hebrew.

Answer 8

HE called HIMself ""I AM"".

Yahweh is actually a corruption of the original . YWH.

NO VOWEL so it can NOT BE PRONOUNCED!

>>>> YWH <<<< .
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about THE TRUTH and begin to study.
You will find that the more you study about YAHVAH
and HIS SON YAH VAHSHUA the more you will want to know.

Answer 9

Since there is only one god, then "God" is BOTH a title and a name.

Answer 10

Because that is the Jewish or yiddish name for Him. Does it really matter what you call Him as long as you believe in Him and the fact that he sent his son to die for you and me?