2007-01-20 06:23:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yahweh is a proposed English reading of יהוה (the Tetragrammaton), the name of the God of Israel, as preserved in the original consonantal Hebrew Bible text. The four Hebrew consonants read JHWH (in German transcription) or YHVH (in English transcription). It is also common to use YHWH.
2007-01-20 06:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by cryingtree1979 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Translated would be the proper word but it literally means 'he who is'. In the original Hebrew there were no vowels thus they would sound the letter to reach the name like: YaaHaaWaaHa which means YHWH was pronounced as Yahuwa (after saying it repeatedly & quickly you'll see).
Some said it as Yahweh then broke it down to Jahveh then Jehovah. But the point is that it is translated as Lord but was not the only word doing this. You also have Adonai and Rabb translated to Lord as well. Check it out.
2007-01-20 06:30:25 · answer #2 · answered by Nuwaubian Moor 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. It is the name of God. Jews apparently decided it was better not to say it than to risk taking the name of the Lord in vain.
I don't mean to be disrespectful. Holy means "set apart." Whatever the origin of this practice of replacing God's name with "Lord," "the Name," "Lord of Hosts," whatever, honoring the name to the extent that it's never said sets it apart with a deep sense of reverence and awe.
2007-01-20 06:32:06 · answer #3 · answered by rcpeabody1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the real spelling of this YWYH is yahweh which the jewish will not
say it because it is Gods name which is Holy and to be respected. yahweh =( yaw way ) it means in hebrew: self existing one. which is God.
2007-01-20 06:29:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think you mean Yahweh, which means God in Hebrew.
2007-01-20 06:29:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
That is the Hebrew name of God without the vowel sounds.
Good Luck!!!
2007-01-20 06:26:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yes.......In English or King James Version bible appeared as JEHOVAH Almighty,
2007-01-20 06:28:05 · answer #7 · answered by Harvard 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Yes, it means Yahweh.
2007-01-20 06:29:12 · answer #8 · answered by Cristina 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No. It means "He causes to become."
2007-01-20 08:58:10 · answer #9 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yud-hey-vav-hey is the sacred name of G-d...I'm not sure what you have there I think you have yud-vav-yud-hey, so no, YWYH does not mean L-rd. But Y*h-V-H does...
2007-01-20 06:26:46 · answer #10 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋