I read in book by Merlin Stone that "Yahveh" is not hebrew, but SANSKRIT! If u have sanskrit dict., check?

Answer 1

Yahweh is 100% Hebrew. No Sanskrit whatsoever. And it is NOT a version of "Jehovah". "Jehovah" is not a Hebrew word. It is a Latinized combination of the consonants of Yahweh with the vowels of Adonai "Lord". In the Massoretic text of the OT, the word Yahweh was not to be pronounced, so the vowel pointers put the vowels of Adonai around the consonants of Yahweh to remind readers to say "Adonai" and not "Yahweh". The Latin translators of the OT were ignorant of that fact and simply wrote Jehovah. So "Jehovah" is NOT a Hebrew word.

Answer 2

Yahweh is hebrew. It is spelled in most biblical books as YVHV, used without vowels as in traditional Hebrew, the vowels added at called natural vowels based on the pronunciation of the letter. Thus it becomes pronounced Yahweh. As for the influence of Sanskrit, that is only possible if one takes into account the evolution of language families with Hebrew at the crosswords between the African languages and that originating from the Aryan Languages.

Answer 3

Its gotta be Hebrew cos of its universally known fact about its usage amonst those people who spoke it thousands of years ago (till date). Maybe there could be a coincidence but highly unlikely to call the word NOT hebrew. That doesnt seem to make sense.

Answer 4

yahveh is jewish, it is just a different way to spell johoveh, which some believe to be gods name