If god didn't want us to spell his name he wouldn't have given us a brain that can spell right?
2006-12-25 06:12:14 · 14 answers · asked by janet 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yahweh spelled YHWH by the Jews is considered too holy to be spelled out. There is also the reality that the Hebrew OT does not include the vowels, or spacing betwen words for that matter.
2006-12-25 06:28:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Stating the true name of God grants one great power, and the pronunciation is kept secret. Ancient Hebrew does not have vowels, and so the true pronunciation was passed on by the High Priest to his successor, and then only uttered once a year. The Jews in rituals would say "Adonai" when they encountered the word יהוה Adonai later morphed into Jehovah. The current use of "G-d" is a ritual and sign of respect, an acknowledgment that The Name is Holy. The Name is not to be written casually, and so they use a hyphen to demonstrate mindfulness of this.
2016-03-29 06:26:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a way of showing respect. They used to substitute "Lord" or "God" for the personal name of God because in their view, that was more respectful than pronouncing such a holy name.
Today, no one can pronounce it all because all we know are the consonants, (YHWH in English). The vowels are no longer known.
Yahweh is a popular form that has been adopted, as is "Jehovah" which is a Latinized version of YHWH combined with the vowels of the Hebrew word for "lord".
2006-12-25 08:31:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The oldest Hebrew manuscripts present the name in the form of four consonants, commonly called the Tetragrammaton (from Greek te·tra-, meaning “four,” and gram′ma, “letter”). These four letters (written from right to left) are הוהי and may be transliterated into English as YHWH (or, JHVH). There were no vowels. The Jews called him by the name of Yaweh, the Hebrew translation, just as Jesus is known in the Hebrew language as Jeshua (or, in fuller form, Jehoshua). The English pronunciation of these names are Jehovah and Jesus.
2006-12-25 06:24:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
G-d they won't spell is the God on "high" in "heavens": Law.
True God is in "heaven": "higher than the heavens": Grace.
Which things(Law vs Grace) are an "allegory": Galatians 4.
Of two Gods allegorically portrayed: LAW and GRACE
Ye are not under LAW, but under GRACE... if led of the Spirit
Not to mention the end of the God Shew is already written:
The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
2006-12-25 06:40:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Third commandment says not to take God's name in vain. One aspect of this is that you are not allowed to throw out a piece of paper with God's name on it. Some people even don't want to write it out of a holy context, so they leave a letter out.
2006-12-25 13:32:15 · answer #6 · answered by Melanie Mue 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They do that to try to show respect for God's Name. Similarly, when they pray, they use the Hebrew word Hashem which simply means 'the name' to refer to God, rather than use His Hebrew names Adonai, Yahweh, or Elohim.
2006-12-25 06:24:44 · answer #7 · answered by shorty 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is out of respect and a fear of using His name in a manner that is not fitting.
As a Christian Pastor I personally think it's nice to see that at least the Jewish people are still concerned with thier use of the name of G-D.
2006-12-25 06:24:23 · answer #8 · answered by drg5609 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually the word which means the name is what Jews use in formal conversation..... one of the commandments in the Torah (one of the 613) says that they should respect his name... so if they write it they cant erase it. so they write it in a way so its not really the full name.
2006-12-25 06:37:42 · answer #9 · answered by metsguy126 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
His name is considered very holy...so they prefer to put it that way out of respect!
2006-12-25 19:28:20 · answer #10 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋