God's name is Jehovah, derived from the Hebrew tetragrammaton YHWH. The original pronunciation has been lost through the ages, but most scholars agree that Yahweh, or Jehovah, is the closest pronunciation to the original.
2007-02-19 10:11:44
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answered by danni_d21 4
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Jehovah is the most commonly known one. Some say Yahweh. I found the following article on the God's name's pronunciation very interesting, and I hope you will enjoy reading it.
In the Hebrew language, God’s name is written in four letters, which are read from right to left, commonly called the Tetragrammaton. Many names of people and places mentioned in the Bible contain an abbreviated form of the divine name. According to George Buchanan, professor emeritus at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., it is possible that these proper names can provide some clues as to how God’s name was pronounced.
Professor Buchanan explains: “In ancient times, parents often named their children after their deities. That means that they would have pronounced their children’s names the way the deity’s name was pronounced. The Tetragrammaton was used in people’s names, and they always used the middle vowel.”
Consider a few examples of proper names found in the Bible that include a shortened form of God’s name. Jonathan, which appears as Yoh‧na‧than′ or Yehoh‧na‧than′ in the Hebrew Bible, means “Yaho or Yahowah has given,” says Professor Buchanan. The prophet Elijah’s name is ’E‧li‧yah′ or ’E‧li‧ya′hu in Hebrew. According to Professor Buchanan, the name means: “My God is Yahoo or Yahoo-wah.” Similarly, the Hebrew name for Jehoshaphat is Yehoh-sha‧phat′, meaning “Yaho has judged.”
A two-syllable pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton as “Yahweh” would not allow for the o vowel sound to exist as part of God’s name. But in the dozens of Biblical names that incorporate the divine name, this middle vowel sound appears in both the original and the shortened forms, as in Jehonathan and Jonathan. Thus, Professor Buchanan says regarding the divine name: “In no case is the vowel oo or oh omitted. The word was sometimes abbreviated as ‘Ya,’ but never as ‘Ya-weh.’ . . . When the Tetragrammaton was pronounced in one syllable it was ‘Yah’ or ‘Yo.’ When it was pronounced in three syllables it would have been ‘Yahowah’ or ‘Yahoowah.’ If it was ever abbreviated to two syllables it would have been ‘Yaho.’”—Biblical Archaeology Review.
These comments help us understand the statement made by 19th-century Hebrew scholar Gesenius in his Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures: “Those who consider that [Ye-ho-wah] was the actual pronunciation [of God’s name] are not altogether without ground on which to defend their opinion. In this way can the abbreviated syllables [Ye-ho] and [Yo], with which many proper names begin, be more satisfactorily explained.”
Nevertheless, in the introduction to his recent translation of The Five Books of Moses, Everett Fox points out: “Both old and new attempts to recover the ‘correct’ pronunciation of the Hebrew name [of God] have not succeeded; neither the sometimes-heard ‘Jehovah’ nor the standard scholarly ‘Yahweh’ can be conclusively proven.”
No doubt the scholarly debate will continue. Jews stopped pronouncing the name of the true God before the Masoretes developed the system of vowel pointing. Thus, there is no definitive way to prove which vowels accompanied the consonants YHWH. Yet, the very names of Biblical figures—the correct pronunciation of which was never lost—provide a tangible clue to the ancient pronunciation of God’s name.
2007-02-19 20:30:53
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answered by lovebibleresearch 2
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I believe you are referring to Jehovah, Jesus' Father and God, the Universal Sovereign and Creator.
Ezekiel 38:23: "And I shall certainly magnify myself and sanctify myself and make myself known before the eyes of many nations; and they will have to know that I am Jehovah.’"
Thank you for asking!!!!
2007-02-19 18:31:31
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answered by wannaknow 5
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Jehovah
2007-02-19 18:19:16
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answered by Blondie B 4
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Those verses don't give his name; they just say that it is O.K. to call him 'Father'.
If you ask me my opinion on a religious matter, I will use the whole Bible anyway, regardless of what verses you decide to ask me to use.
I would say the Father's name is YHWH -> Yahweh -> Jehovah
2007-02-19 18:12:36
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answered by Me ves y sufres 2
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Hallowed
2007-02-19 18:30:14
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answered by bbjones9 3
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Father and Hes also called Almighty
and your point is???
2007-02-19 18:10:03
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answered by Anonymous
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so you are saying, Jesus is God the father and he is the son of God? are you out of ur mind?
2007-02-19 18:15:10
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answered by Anonymous
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