Is the Christian God's name Yadweh?

Question

I've no idea where i've picked this up but I seem to recall reading/hearing it somewhere....

If it's not then no worries, but anyone got any ideas where I could have picked this idea up?

If it is then why is it hardly used? surely it would be more respectful calling someone by their name and not by their race/description.

Answer 1

You might be thinking of the Hebrew spelling of the name which is yud hey vav hey
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Answer 2

In the Hebrew portion of the Bible (Old Testament), God’s name is represented by four letters that can be transliterated as YHWH. While the exact pronunciation of God’s name is unknown, in English it is commonly pronounced “Jehovah.”

The first language used in writing the Bible was Hebrew, and when the Hebrew language was written down, the writers wrote only consonants (not vowels). Hence, when the inspired writers wrote God’s name, they naturally did the same thing and wrote only the consonants.

While ancient Hebrew was an everyday spoken language, this presented no problem. The pronunciation of the Name was familiar to the Israelites and when they saw it in writing they supplied the vowels without thinking (just as, for an English reader, the abbreviation “Ltd.” represents “Limited” and “bldg.” represents “building”).

Answer 3

actually Jehovah is a misnomer - it is Yahweh which goes back to when God sent Moses to Eygypt to bring out the Jews. God told Moses to tell the Pharoah that "I am" was sending Him. Yahweh is simply "I AM." Looking at the New Testament we have Jesus telling the disciples, "I am the bread of life, I am the way the truth and life," and other statements that would indicate His sovereignty. But the answer is that Yahweh is the correct name - Jehovah as I said is a misnomer.

Answer 4

Yes (I'm assuming you meant Yahweh) Technically his name is the Tetragrammaton, YHWH. The previous accepted pronounciation based on the original Hebrew was Jehovah, it is now Yahweh due to new findings, better understanding etc.

Obivously you have the choice over whether you prefer Jehovah or Yahweh as Jehovah's Witnesses obviously do but the correct pronounciation of YHWH is closer to Yahweh.

Answer 5

Yahweh not Yadweh, is the name of God in Hebrew language. In Congo they call Gid Yahweh. God has some many names in different languages of the world

Answer 6

If u have a king james bible read psalm 83 v 18 Jehovah is Gods personal name, in the first lime of the lords prayer it sais our father in the heavens hallowed by thy name, most ppl r not aware that God does have a personal name , this name means he cuases to become. hope this helps u

Answer 7

God name is Jehovah but in Hebrew we called Yahweh because is the only true God

Answer 8

It is true that the Creator has many titles: God, Lord, Almighty Judge, and so on. But he has only one personal name. As some have posted here, the letters are YHWH, commonly known as the Tetragrammaton. It appeared originally close to 7,000 times in the Bible but was replaced with titles such as Lord. Because a superstition arose regarding pronouncing the name, the pronunciation became lost due to disuse. Many scholars favor the pronunciation Yahweh but again, no one really knows. Yahweh is thought to be closest in Hebrew. The English translation is Jehovah. We do not speak Hebrew. Thus we do not say Yeremiah-yahu – we say Jeremiah. And we do not say Yehoshua, we say Joshua.

That the name was definitely used by His people in ancient times is clearly attested to in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). Was it used in the first century? Absolutely. Jesus himself, in prayer to his heavenly father, said that he had made God's name known to his disciples at John 17:6 – that is to say, what the name still meant. Hence, whether the first century worshipers read from the Hebrew scriptures or the Septuagint (Hebrew scriptures translated into Greek), they would come across the divine name in its thousands of occurrences.

It is interesting that the name of the Messiah is pronounced in its Latinized version as well: Jesus. That was not the way it was pronounced in the first century. But it is pronounced according to one's language and no one insists upon using the proper Hebrew pronunciation even though we know it. It is no different with the name of the true God: in English it is pronounced Jehovah.

It is obvious that God wishes us to use his personal name. Else including it 7,000 times in the scriptures would be pointless. Telling Moses would be pointless. And including it in the Lord's prayer (Our Father let your name be sanctified) would be pointless. Even the phrase "hallelujah" means praise Jah you people. It does not mean praise God as some say - it means praise Jah. Notice the Jah at the end. Jah is the abbreviated form of God's name. The names of the false gods are in the Bible: Baal, Dagon, Satan and so on. We pronounce them all. Do we think it is respectful to God to pronounce the names of his enemy gods and refuse to pronounce his name? Is that reasonable?

Clearly, God's personal name is important to him. It should be to us as well.

Hannah J Paul

Answer 9

Yahweh is one of the many names of God.

I AM, Adonai, El Shaddai, Elohim, Allah, Jehovah are just a few others. It is believed God has seventy two names but Muslims have like ninety one.

Answer 10

Actually, Yahweh or Jehovah is the name God gave to Moses to call Him by. Christians call God Father.

Exodus 6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH (yehōwāh) was I not known to them.

ְיהָוֹה
yehōwāh: A noun meaning God. The word refers to the proper name of the God of Israel, particularly the name by which He revealed Himself to Moses (Exo_6:2-3). The divine name has traditionally not been pronounced, primarily out of respect for its sacredness (cf. Exo_20:7; Deu_28:58).

Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 7 "And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.