What is God's holiest name for the Jewish people and what is the real pronunciation?

Question

From what I know, Yaweh is the holiest name but the name "Yaweh" has only two syllables and from what I heard the real name has four syllables.

Answer 1

Which is the holiest name? Its actually debated in some sources- but the name that was pronounced in the temple by the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) was the four letter teragamatton. The problem is, we no longer know the correct pronunciation of the name. Hebrew, strictly speaking, is written without vowels even in the modern era- though some books have vowels inserted to aid in the reading and understanding of them.

The other contender for the holiest name is the fourty letter name discussed in various Kaballistic sources. It is not transcribed openly but is seen in every prayer book (the prayer "ana be'koach" said on Friday nights before Lechah Dodi. Taking the first letter of each word spells out the name). Like the four letter name, the correct pronunciation is not known and is even more difficult to ascertain in this case since there are different schemes used to break it up- the most common scheme is to divide it into groups of three- making 7 lines of 6 syllables- relating the combination of the holy (the full 7 days) to the mundane (the 6 days of the week) and thus showing the purpose of the Sabath- to raise the mundane to the holy. Due to this aspect of the name is why it is said during the Kabalat Shabat (Welcoming the Sabbath) section of the service on Friday night as we usher in the holiness of the Sabath.

(Note- the hebrew word "Kabel" means to receive. Kabalat sheabbt could be directed translated as "Receiving the Shabbat" and the mystical side of Judaism often referred to as Kaballah (though pror to the modern era more often referred to as Sod) can be translated as "Received tradition")

Answer 2

For one thing I don't believe that the true God that is all powerful and can accomplish whatever he sets out to do by means of his Holy Spirit can't get his people to say his name right! It is man that says we think we are as close to or what we think the proper name should be, to me this is ridicules! Why do we use it? Read Matt 6:9 as Jesus said he has made this name known and we are to sanctify, to make Holy God's name, how does one make something Holy by not using it or making it know? All translations has replaced LORD or GOD in capital letters where the Tetragrammaton was (יהוה Yĕhovah), as you can see Bible translators deemed the Tetragrammaton as Yehovah, there is no "Y" in the Hebrew language as what we call "Y" has a soft "J" sound so in English Jehovah!

Answer 3

Hallowed Be Your Name"—What Name?

ARE you a religious person? Then doubtless, like many others, you believe in a Supreme Being. And likely you have great respect for the well-known prayer to that Being, taught by Jesus to his followers and known as the Lord's Prayer, or the Our Father. The prayer begins like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name."—Matthew 6:9, New International Version.

Have you ever wondered why Jesus put the 'hallowing,' or sanctifying, of God's name first in this prayer? Afterward, he mentioned other things such as the coming of God's Kingdom, God's will being done on earth and our sins being forgiven. The fulfillment of these other requests will ultimately mean lasting peace on earth and everlasting life for mankind. Can you think of anything more important than that? Nevertheless, Jesus told us to pray first of all for the sanctification of God's name.

In the Hebrew language it is written . These four letters, called the Tetragrammaton, are read from right to left in Hebrew and can be represented in many modern languages as YHWH or JHVH. God's name, represented by these four consonants, appears almost 7,000 times in the original "Old Testament," or Hebrew Scriptures.

The name is a form of a Hebrew verb ha·wah' (), meaning "to become," and actually signifies "He Causes to Become." * Thus, God's name identifies him as the One who progressively fulfills his promises and unfailingly realizes his purposes. Only the true God could bear such a meaningful name.

Do you remember the different ways that God's name appeared in Psalm 83:18, as set out in the previous section? Two of those translations had mere titles ("the LORD," the "Eternal") as substitutes for God's name. But in two of them, Yahweh and Jehovah, you can see the four letters of God's name. However, the pronunciation is different. Why?

Answer 4

YHWH

I think you mean it has 4 consonants and only 2 vowels. In the Hebrew language, there are no written vowels, and it originated from the Hebrew.

It is, by tradition, not pronounceable. G-d gave his name as
''I Am''.

Answer 5

the name you mentioned is the real name although by Jewish law it is forbidden to say or write we say a substitute " Adonoy" which means "Master". but since this we cannot say or write this in vain we say in reference to G-D "Hashem" which means "The Name". but during prayers the proper reference is "Adonoy".The four syllables you mentioned might be referring to the four letters in the name of god of "yud" Hei" "Vav" "Hei" which are the Hebrew letters of the name and pronounced as spelled for example. "Yud" = Y ; "Hei" = H ; "Vav = V/W

Answer 6

He is not just the mighty one of the "Jews". He is the mighty one of Adam (man) etc, His name is YHVH pronounced Yah hoo' wah. His son the Savior is named YAHOSHUA. Ex. 23:13 tells us not to use heathen gods names. (that would include "god" and "Zeus". If you look at YHVH beside the name YAHUDA (which means worshiper of YHVH and parallel their pronunciation, you get the above.-- it is also clear from some of the rhyming pieces of scripture) Yahudim "JEW" means those who worship YHVH. See Rev. 2:9 and Rev. 3:9.

Answer 7

Yahweh only has two syllables: Yah - Ja (German for yes); and weh - whey (from Little Miss Muffit, sat on her tuffit...)

Answer 8

Its Yahweh as far as I know

Answer 9

I agree with Joshman... We refer to Him as ' Adonai' or 'Hashem'

Answer 10

as I don;t speak hebrew I can not say but it was writen YHWH and they do not say it as its to holy