Yahweh or Jehovah -- which one do you believe in and praise?

Question

Someone else just asked the above question (spellings have been corrected), but it disappeared before I could respond to it. Since I'm re-asking it, I won't give my answer to it (at least, not yet) -- but... do you think the answer is obvious?

Answer 1

Both "Yahweh" and "Jehovah" seek to pronounce a form of "the Tetragrammaton", which is the four-Hebrew-letter expression used in the bible (and elsewhere) to express the Divine Name of Almighty God (the Father). The four Hebrew characters יהוה are generally transliterated as "YHWH" (that is, each Hebrew character is directly replaced by a different character with the same sound in another language's character set).

So, it certainly SEEMS that Yahweh (which undeniably includes Y, H, W, and H) would more accurately pronounce the Tetragrammaton as it was pronounced by the ancient Hebrews. However, there is an enormous "but"...

Other common Hebrew names actually include the divine name WITHIN them, giving hints as to its original pronunciation. Increasingly, scholars are leaning toward a pronunciation similar to the three-syllable "Yehowah" rather than two-syllable "Yahweh".

If "Yehowah" is close to the correct pronunciation, then it becomes a much more subjective answer about whether "Yehowah" is more similar to "Jehovah" or "Yahweh". Many or most English speakers are likely to embrace the pronunciation which their predecessors embraced at least four hundred years ago.

"Jehovah".

Of course, both names are respectful forms of יהוה so it seems obvious that the use of either and both pleases the Creator.

(Joel 2:32) And it must occur that everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will get away safe

(Malachi 3:16) And a book of remembrance began to be written up before him for those in fear of Jehovah and for those thinking upon his name.

(Nehemiah 1:11) Jehovah, please, let your ear become attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take delight in fearing your name

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/na/

Answer 2

While many translators favor the pronunciation Yahweh, the New World Translation and also a number of other translations continue the use of the form Jehovah because of people’s familiarity with it for centuries. Moreover, it preserves, equally with other forms, the four letters of the Tetragrammaton, YHWH or JHVH.

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

Answer 3

Yahweh or YHWH or Jehovah for English is John 20:17; the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Matt.3:16; the anointed of God, Jesus is our Lord and savior and his kingdom will be here with his second coming and he told us his God and Father is our God and Father Matt.6:9-13; 16:16; he is Son of God, 22:37-40; Jesus gives first and great commandment, our thanks to God should be in the name of Jesus John 14:13,14,28;

At year 2513, Moses was at Exodus, 3560 years ago, the bible that tells us all things has been in circulation in the world 396 years at 2007 after Christ.

At year 3460, Daniel 2613 years ago, gives the last days and the time of the end to match the gospels and Revelations.

These times have nothing to do with the ages old earth, that was prepared ages for intended inhabitants, man.

Answer 4

Yahweh or Jehovah means is or exist
so their are three Yahweh or Jehovah
the Holy Trinity is one God Jams 2:19
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
The one must we believe in and praise is the Holy Trinity
Re1:8 Jesus is Jehovah
Heb 9 the Holy Spirit is Jehovah.

Answer 5

Both, because both names refer to our Heavenly Father.

As far as the "accuracy" of the name is concerned, I would pick Yahweh as most accurate. God gave himself a Hebrew name. It might have been Yahweh. "Jehovah" as a name wasn't "invented" until about the 13th century. So even though we don't know that Yahweh is the "original", we do know that "Jehovah" was not.

Answer 6

Jehovah is just the English translation to God's name (as closest as possible as they could translate it)

I love Jehovah and always will till time indefinite. He will bring paradise and destroy this system of things (suffering and critical times hard to deal with.) Take Care!

Added: I went to see the dead sea scrolls the other day in San Diego. Psalms 83:18

Remember that Jehovah is just the translation in English like i said up there ^^

If someone was speaking in Spanish to you and you asked a fluent professional translator to translate what he said to you.

You wouldn't understand if his translation was still in Spanish would you? He would have to translate it to English for you to understand right?

Just like names are translated to a different language so was Jehovah's name. It's just the closest translation in English from the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek language (the languages used in the bible.)

Answer 7

Yahweh is 'NOT' YHWH with vowels.

Whoever thinks this should go back to school . or at least do 5 minutes worth of investigation into the matter.

Answer 8

Yahweh is actually YHWH with vowels. YHWH is found all over the world, in almost every religion, not just Hebrew. And is the oldest name on earth for G_D. Even older than Sumerian tablets and even found among the Native American Indians written in block form of Hebrew, which was only used during the times of the 12 tribes. Yahweh is known in Native tongue as YeHoWaH, just different vowels. (yeah, and I bet most of you actually believed those pagan stories huh).

Jehovah is an improper name. For J was not a Hebrew letter. Actually the letter J didn't come around till the 17th century. So if one removes the J (Je, for sound), they get hovah. Which defines as trickery, deception, evil.

This also applies to Jesus and Yahushua. Jesus, again since no J is esus or iesos. Which is the Son of Zeus, which is Horus, the devil.

Yahushua is proper for He states, " I will return in my fathers name ". Yes He will, Yah, for Yahushua and Yahweh.

Answer 9

I believe that both names are for one person, and despite what you call the lord, he is still the same person. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. So yes, I believe in him.

Answer 10

I thought the Christian God had a great many names, Jesus being another, why would you care what others call him when you're all talking about the same entity?

Quiet.Buck, Where in Hades did you come up with that BS. Where did you study?