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religion = hidden codes
2007-07-06 08:01:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The modern letters "YHWH" comes from ancient Hebrew to signify the name of God, which is either Jehovah, or Yahweh. In the ancient Hebrew language, though they spoke with the use of vowels, their written language did not have vowels, just constanants. A modern they example would be "bldg" which most of us know as "building."
Since there were no written symbols for vowels in those ancient days, we can only speculate on how those words may have sounded. So, sorry buddy....no conspiracy or hidden codes here.
2007-07-06 08:07:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Way back in historical times. the name of the Jewish god was so sacred that it was one of the greatest sins to even say it. It appeared in Jewish writings as YHVH or YHWH.
The Torah and other Jewish holy writings are written without vowels, and without spaces between the words. The idea being that the holy texts are more like notes.The reader already knows the whole works, but follows the text so as to leave nothing out.
The exact name has been unspoken for generations, when it was decided that it could be used, the pronunciation had been lost . Some believe that it was Yahveh, some say Jehovah. It may have started with a vowel, or ended with one. Nobody knows.
2007-07-06 15:17:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from the old Hebrew scriptures -- YWHA is the tetragrammaton. these letters represent what we in the english language know as "Jehovah" which means " He causes to become"
please read Psalms 83:18 King James version
there is no hidden meanings or codes.
this info is available for everyone via numerous methods of research
2007-07-06 15:12:08 · answer #3 · answered by sugarpie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"YHWH" is a english-ification of whats called the tetragrammaton,
it is the 4-consonant hebrew name of God. THIS name is NOT a pronoun, not a reference, not a title, not an alias, not a description, but the ACTUAL, personal, specific NAME of God.
the additional "problem" is that nobody knows the precisely correct way to say it.
so trying to say it, your either:
1) knowingly, and deliberately mispronouncing the name. and thats just not nice to do.
2) accidentally getting it right, and its a pretty big thing to just accidentally throw around.
2007-07-06 15:10:06 · answer #4 · answered by RW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are the English letters which most closely match the four Hebrew letters of the proper name for God found in the Bible. Exodus 3:14
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2007-07-06 15:06:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you seen the guys who write G-d because they are afraid to write the Lord's name in vain?
Well, Hebrew does not have vowels, only consonents and the name of God in Hebrew is YWHW, some times translates as Yahweh or Jehovah.
2007-07-06 15:04:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is God's name without the vowels YHWH or YHVH
it is called the tetragramiton.
It's like Adams St.
It is an abbreviation
In Hebrew it translates to Yahweh
In English it is Jehovah
2007-07-06 15:07:52 · answer #7 · answered by debbie2243 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It stands for Yahweh, the "proper name" that the Hebrew nation used for God. They thought it was disrespectful to write it out completely, so they took out the vowels. They would more often call Him Adonai.
2007-07-06 15:13:02 · answer #8 · answered by bbgirl3191 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YHWH or YahWeh is the name given to God because his real name is so sacred that it should not be spoken.
So to answer your question it is religious.
2007-07-06 15:11:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those four letters are called the Tetragrammaton, and are considered God's name in Judaism and Christianity.
2007-07-06 15:04:00 · answer #10 · answered by evolver 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋