Why is it that no one has a problem using the "J"?

Question

when referring to Jesus, Joshua, Jacob, Jeremiah, Jehu, etc, but many get bent out of shape that Jehovah is the Divine Name- using the "that's not how you really pronounce it" excuse?

For the posters who need clarification: I am referring to translating names into English from the original languages.

We "Praise Jesus" every day. A couple of posters here say it may not even be Jesus maybe a form of Joshua. However, it is accepted as the ENGLISH translation.

Jehovah, on the other hand, has this wrong with it and that wrong with it. My name is Mandy. My neighbor's 18-month old calls me Mimi. That is all he knows to call me. I don't feel it is an insult. I love that he WANTS to use my name.

Jehovah is God's one and only name. All the others are titles used to refer to him. Just as Jesus is referred to by many titles, but we know his name is Jesus.

Answer 1

Maybe it is because they have not heard that name before, that is what happened to me or for me when I first heard that name Jehovah, I couldn't understand if that was God's name howcome I never heard it before

Answer 2

Because the correct pronunciation of יהוה is unknown/forgotten. That's why people like to 'chime in' that it is not actually pronounced as 'Jehovah'. The other names do have an actual translation from Hebrew into English which is acceptable.

I do think it's funny that people freak out about calling 'God' the proper name but don't seem to care that we say Jacob instead of Ya'akov or something. My guess is it's because God is a bigger deal and we aren't really supposed to say his name out loud anyway. So, saying it out loud AND mispronouncing it could be seen as a double insult.

I also don't fully understand how Jesus and Joshua are both used since they sometimes translate as the same name.

Answer 3

I think people who do not agree that Jehovah is the Divine Name probably have a hard time being honest with you. I personally in my life do not think there is a more divine name that MOM! But I have several Witnesses as friends and they are very comfortable explaining to me their religion and listening to my thoughts as well. I have no problem with saying Jehovah, but have a major problem when strangers knock at my door un solicited to force their religious beliefs on my family and I. I understand that your religion teaches to teach others and help them off the path of pagan's but I think knocking on people's doors cross the line.

Answer 4

It is true that the Almighty did not say, "Listen, thousands of years from now when a new language called English comes along, they can pronounce my name as 'Jehovah' and that's fine."

Instead, like with any and every personal name, different languages TRANSLATE personal names to fit their lingual tendencies. George becomes "Hor-hey" in Spanish or "Gay-org" in German and no one gets upset.

It's not exactly wrong to call the Almighty by the impersonal "God", just as it's not wrong to call one's offspring "Child". If we want a familiar and close relationship, however, it makes sense to use the personal name of someone we love. The Scriptures encourage us to use God's personal name.

The Hebrew name “Yahweh” (or “Yehowah”) does seem to accurately pronounce the divine name. Just as the Hebrew name “Yeshua” (or “Yehoshua”) is translated into “Jesus” in English, the Hebrew name “Yahweh” is translated into “Jehovah” in English.

The important thing is to use God’s personal name in whatever language you speak, rather than insisting upon the impersonal! The name “Yahweh” is certainly preferable to the non-name “God” or “Lord”, especially if you speak Hebrew. If you speak English, feel free to use the name "Jehovah".

(Psalms 83:18) That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth

(John 17:26) [Jesus said] I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be in them

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Answer 5

you ought to've study that suicide question final night. you're top, this is a stupid word that doesn't particularly make experience, this is like this is indicating that a answer to a concern shouldn't final very long. And the individuals who say "momentary concern" approximately suicidal every person is so ignorant. Having terminal maximum cancers isn't momentary, having a spouse or husband die isn't momentary, people who call people who dedicate suicide egocentric with out even understanding something approximately them are disgusting.

Answer 6

‎ (yodh) ה‎ (heh) ו‎ (vav) ה‎ (heh) or יהוה , best transliterated as YHVH, becomes Jehovah in Latin. Can you allow the name of God to become corrupted in translation? Would that be taking the name of the Lord in vain?

It should be pointed out that the name Yehoshua ("Yehova saves"), depending on how you translate it comes out to Joshua or Jesus.

Answer 7

People just say that to kick up a fuss. Jehovah is the heavenly name for Jesus Christ. "By my name Jehovah was I not known unto them" he came to earth and took the title of Lord/Christ/Messiah.
study without the watchtower, its a lot clearer.

Answer 8

The name just sounds too silly! And the history of the mistake is well known. German Christian "scholars" saw the word in the Hebrew Bible, not realizing it was the name of God (YHWH, or JHVH in German) combined with the vowels for the substitute word "Adonai" ("Lord"). It was never supposed to be pronounced that way. And even the Germans didn't pronounce it with a hard "J". The American pronunciation just compounds the ignorance!

You have the right to use it all you want, just as I have the right to chuckle when I hear it.

Answer 9

Hopeless

Answer 10

You don't seem to understand that Jehovah is a made up word. YHWH mixed with the vowels of Adoni=Jehovah/Yahovah.