The Tetragrammaton???

Question

The 4-letter Name for Jehovah is YHWH, commonly called in scholarly circles “The Tetragrammaton.” The same scholars interpret YHWH as Yahweh. This is not a bad thing, but the reasoning that ancient Jewish writings had no J’s and thus require the Yahweh pronunciation, simply does not hold water. Note that this rule would require us to call Jesus Yeshua, and Jeremiah Yirmiah, and so on. The names we use originated in the most ancient English, as did the name Jehovah. Jehovah did not require a change way back then, and that proves that he is happy enough with his English Name even today.

Answer 1

Well actually the tetragrammaton was originally YHVH and was later deciphered as YHWH. Personally even though the Hebraic language had no 'J' , the 4 symbols represent the 4 elements

Yod = fire
He = water
Vau= air
He' = earth

This onomatopoeia would sound like Jehovah

Jesus of course is Latin for the Hebraic Yeshua or in English Joshua.

Anyhow the name is open to personal interpretation, as is God.

Answer 2

It's interesting how people get so rapped up into English:

Please note how acceptable Jehovah is around the world:

Forms of the divine name in different languages, indicating international acceptance of the form Jehovah

Awabakal - Yehóa

Bugotu - Jihova

Cantonese - Yehwowah

Danish - Jehova

Dutch - Jehovah

Efik - Jehovah

English - Jehovah

Fijian - Jiova

Finnish - Jehova

French - Jéhovah

Futuna - Ihova

German - Jehova

Hungarian - Jehova

Igbo - Jehova

Italian - Geova

Japanese - Ehoba

Maori - Ihowa

Motu - Iehova

Mwala-Malu - Jihova

Narrinyeri - Jehovah

Nembe - Jihova

Petats - Jihouva

Polish - Jehowa

Portuguese - Jeová

Romanian - Iehova

Samoan - Ieova

Sotho - Jehova

Spanish - Jehová

Swahili - Yehova

Swedish - Jehova

Tahitian - Iehova

Tagalog - Jehova

Tongan - Jihova

Venda - Yehova

Xhosa - uYehova

Yoruba - Jehofah

Zulu - uJehova

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Jehovah comes to English by way of Germany

In German, the 'J' sounds like the Hebrew 'Y'
the German 'V' sounds like the Hebrew 'W'

so the the pronunciation of Jehovah, Jesus, Jeremiah was the same as the Hebrew.

It was when these names came to modern English did the pronunciation of them change.

The sad thing is not using the accepted name of God and replacing it with a title.

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Answer 3

Have you ever read an original king james bible 1611 edition? There were no "j"s in the English language back then either. Therefore no Jesus, it is spelled Iesus and :jehovah is spelled Ihouah (v's and u's are reversed in olde english) The letter "J" in the latest addition to english, occuring in the past 400 years.

The oldest written evidence indicates that The Name was pronounced as Yahveh or possibly yahweh. This is derived form the history written obout the Samaritans who kept the pronunciation alive after the Jews stopped pronouncing the Name. The are a few possible pronunciations, and Jehovah just isn't one of them

For an excelnt and comprehensive study on the Topic, read this article:
http://seedofabraham.net/jesusyeshua.html

Answer 4

>>"the reasoning that ancient Jewish writings had no J’s and thus require the Yahweh pronunciation, simply does not hold water."<<

thats not the reasoning.

the reasoning is that theres no *vowels* and that a huge variety of pronunciations and vowel combinations MIGHT be correct.

edit: if all you have is "JN" is that:
Jon
Jen
Jane
Jena
Jina
Jona
Jana
Joni
Juno
Juni
... ect.

the vowels are immensely important for pronunciation. the tetragramaton's 4 letters are just consonants, and no text has the vowels included.

Answer 5

Jehovah is the MOST COMMON Name used AND KNOWN for God in the the English Language.

The IMPORTANT Thing is "NOT" the EXACT Pronunciation of God's Name Because NOBODY NOW Knows the Exact Pronunciation !

The IMPORTANT THING is to USE the Most Commonly KNOWN name for God in YOUR LANGUAGE ! ! !

Answer 6

There are other languages that don't use a "J".

English itself has dropped some letters in its evolution. Languages are everchanging and fluid. Grammar and pronunciation are slow to change and who'd want it different, when we can hardly keep up now?

If you go to a synagogue and hear Hebrew names spoken, you WILL hear the "Y" sound, NOT the "J" sound.

Your position is without foundation.

Answer 7

I've stopped arguing that the "J" in the tetragram is false. Because that same "J" is accepted for Yeshua or Yehoshua (Jesus, thats Latin!!). Keep in mind the OT uses the Tetragram over 6000 Times!!! And people (Self Proclaimed Christians) say "if god wanted his name to be known he would of" well he did!..Please Reason.

People claim it to be false because they hate Jw's, plain and simple. Im not a JW but my mother is and she is no part of a malicious "cult" as the term stands. Thats it.

Answer 8

The MOST famous name for God in the OT is called the Sacred Tetragrammaton –It is YHWH.

Yahweh was changed into Jehovah by Christians -- Mark 12:29

Harpers Bible Dictionary says that the name JEHOVAH was "the result of the translators' ignorance of the Hebrew language and customs" (1985 edition , p. 1036)

Jehovah is a mistaken name of YHWH.

The Book "World Religions From Ancient History to the Present" says : "The name Jehovah is a medieval misreading and does not occur in the Hebrew Bible" (edited by Geoffrey Parrinder, p. 386)

The Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible says the name Jehovah is "an artificial name" (vol. 2, p.817)

Asimovs Guide to the Bible says that the name Jehovah "arose by mistake" (vol 1, p. 135). The author further says : "This mistake has persisted and will probably continue to persist" (p.135)

"When it came to God's name instead of putting the proper vowel signs around it, in most cases they put other vowel signs to remind the reader that he should say "Adonai". From this came the spelling Lehouah, and eventually Jehovah ...(pg. 8 ,Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 1984)

"The truth is , nobody knows for sure how the name of God was originally pronounced". -(page 7- Watchtower Bible and Tract Soceity, 1984.)

The name Yahweh is derived from the statement God made to Moses in Exodus 3:14. Moses asked God as to what his name was and he got the reply -- "ehyeh esher ehyeh" .

The editors of the NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE explain this as : "The Hebrew can be translated literally 'I am what I am' , which would mean that GOD did not wish to reveal his name to them" (p. 85)

"The truth is , nobody knows for sure how the name of God was pronounced" (Pg. 7 - Watchtower Bible and Tract Society)

Below is the true name of God for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear…….

Type down the word "God" in this Aramaic dictionary to find out what Jesus used to call God:
http://www.peshitta.org/lexicon/

Look at the name used here :
http://www.learnassyrian.com/aramaic/church/church.html


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Answer 9

certain, all of us understand the hebrew spelling of God's own call. yet we dont understand what this is. the thanks to pronounce it replaced into lost. "Jehovah" is only no longer the tetragrammaton. to assert this is is willfully insulting to god and stupid. any "version" except the perfect authentic enunciation it is now no longer worry-free, is faulty. edit: lol. your kidding top? its of direction incorrect from some angles. maximum obviously, to me, the "call in ineffective" area being the most glaring. "to proclaim his call everywhere"? i imagine you're hugely misintepereting something! it does no longer say this in any respect, in truth even interior the temple era the absolutely enunciation of the call of God replaced into hugely restricted, as its an really profound and effectual word! and to assert "And in case you've self belief this is incorrect, quit affirming Jesus. it is totally no longer the perfect spelling OR pronunciation!" even as we are speaking about God makes all of it the extra laughable. Jesus replaced into no longer God, and to assert that a being of human form replaced into God is a profound blasphemy! a minimum of once you mispronounce God's call you maximum in all probability mean properly. if someone willfully and many times mispronounced your call on your face, deliberately, does no longer that be offensive to you?

Answer 10

you're very confused. the letters are in hebrew, the equivalent of YHVH. jesus was not speaking english, i hate to tell you, and neither were any of his followers.
the hebrew equivalent of the english Jeremiah, is Yeremiah, in fact. speak english all you want, but try not to delude yourself into thinking that the bible was written in english.

in any case, no one knows how to pronounce the tetragrammaton. jehova or yahwey are just guesses, and wrong ones at that.