In Hewbrew religion, what is the Name of God?

Question

I know it is three words. Please help me. Thanks.

Answer 1

In the Hebrew language, there were three primary names, and several compound names. The primary names were El, Elah, or Elohim (usually translated God); Adon or Adonai (usually translated Lord, only L capitalized) and Jehovah or Yahweh--Hebrew, YHWH, but as some of the responders have noted, no one can pronounce the name. This name is usually translated LORD, with all letters capitalized.

By the way, I have utmost respect to our Jewish friends who do not write out the Name of God (G-d, isn't it?) or pronounce the name YHWH. I even saw this on a religious TV program, where a rabbi was reading the Old Testament. The English text clearly had LORD, or YHWH, but he pronounced it Adonai. I had read of this substitution (no offense, I just couldn't think of another word) but this was the first time to actually hear it done.

Compound names were one of the primary names with another term: for example, "Almighty God" is "El", God, with "Shaddai", meaning all-sufficient. There are other such names, each showing a different part of God's character. One of my favorites was YHWH-Nissi, or, The Lord my banner.

A last observation: the three words, in Hebrew, were to the best of my knowledge "Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh" or "I AM THAT I AM" (Exodus 3:14). And Moses was one of the few in human history who directly heard God speak!

Answer 2

First of all, it is the Jewish religion. Hebrew is a language. Second, we have many names, NONE of them are Yahweh or Jehovah.

In Judaism, we do not write out the names of G-d. They are considered too holy. So, I will list some names here with the o's left out and replaced with dashes.

The four letter name people have tried to spell out here is spelled yud-hey-vav-hey in Hebrew, but it is the holiest of names and even in ancient times we would not speak it, only the high priest once a year on Yom Kippur. We don't know how to pronounce it.

Some other names are

El
Sh-ddai (the dash is an a in this case)
Ad-nai
El-heinu
Eyeh-Asher-eyeh
El-him

Peace
Ely-n

Answer 3

In the beginning G-ds, (PLURAL, Elohim, not El, not Eloah,
but rather Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
ECHAD One God, NOT Yachid,
having essential Unity and Diversity,
specifically, the Aleph Tav,
G-d the Son, MASHIACH, The I AM,
the Alpha Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End,)
Created the heavens and the L-RD's earth.

Answer 4

We assume it's Yahweh, but as someone else said, we do not know the vowels, so we can't say for sure. The english version for this name is "Jehovah". And no, it's not the JW name for him either. It's been in use well before the JW's came along.

Answer 5

Yahweh, Hashem, El Shaddai, or Adonai.
And the three word name is Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh.

There are many more names for our great Father, but these are only a few.

Answer 6

Yahweh

Answer 7

Yahweh, but technically in Hebrew it was supposed to be a name without vowels. This was so that people would not be able to speak the name of God. Avoids the whole taking his name in vain thing... how convinient.

Answer 8

All the names mean Exist or being
Jesus too Re. 1:8
I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Answer 9

Adonai, El Shaddai, Yahweh, although they typically spell it without the vowels so as to make it unpronouncable. YHWH. Some consider it too holy to pronounce it, which would profane it.

Answer 10

good answers... the most "intimate" name of God is Yahweh which was revealed to Abraham.