Both words come from the acronym used to describe God: YHWH. No one knows how to pronounce the Name. Biblical scholars call it the tetragrammaton. When this word appears in the text, it is generally translated as the LORD. There are a number of other names used for God in the Bible. Generally, when the word "God" appears in the Torah (the first five books of the Old Testament), the Hebrew word is Elohim. Oddly, this word is plural. The word part El seen in many Hebrew names (Dani-El, El-ijah, Micha-El) is derived from Elohim. These words refer to the entirety of the Godhead: Father, Son, and Spirit. The name Yeshua, or Jesus, was given to the Son when he took on human flesh. Prior to that time, he was referred to with titles such as Immanuel (God is with us), but he did not have a personal name. Likewise, because the Holy Spirit has never been incarnate, it (He, if you prefer) does not have a personal name, either. The Kabbalah spends a great deal of time discussing various names of God and why they are both critically important and not important at all.

I don't worry about it...God knows who you are directing it at....I use Father alot, same as Christ when HE prayed...Jesus, in HIS example to the Apostles of how and what to pray for, started it off with "Our Father".... these particulars are what cause so much trouble..happens to also be the JW's basic tactic...Jehovah God knows when each and everyone of us "address" HIM..the I AM.. the Holy Ghost is God's Spirit...it is 1 of the 3 personalities of God..the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit...HE sends HIS HS to help us, helper... hope this helps to understand, I know lots do not see this way.. but I do. Acts 17:11, 1 Thessolonians 5:21 , Jeremiah 6:16... Barbara

1. If you speak English, I would say that Jehovah is the most recognizable from of the English consonants JHVH to differentiate the God of the Bible from all of the other Gods. 1Cor8:5,6 It has been in use in the English language for hundreds of years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale If you speak Hebrew, most likely Yahweh. 2. Not that I am aware of, other than following the Jewish tradition of using a substitute. Mark 7:9 3. Jehovah. 4. He Causes to Become. http://bible.tmtm.com/wiki/Jehovah 5. I would not make much sence to, unless you are trying to make a point to someone, like pharoah Ex 3:14. You would not likely say "'not my people' come here for a minute", when addressing Lo-ammi, or "How are you today 'God will sow seed'" to Jezreel. 6. God's spirit, is not a person. The holy spirit having a name, would be like the law having a name. "In the name of the law". It is his force by which he does things by, or Gods power in action. Gen 1:2; Micah 3:8; Luke 1:35; Acts 10:38. It can be poured out, you can be anointed with it, you can be baptized with Holy Spirit and power, and you can be filled with it. Acts 10:38,44,45; Mt 3:11; Lk 1:41 It is not unusual for God’s Word to personify things that are not a person. These include wisdom, discernment, sin, death, and undeserved kindness. (Proverbs 8:1–9:6; Romans 5:14, 17, 21; 6:12) Jesus himself said that "wisdom is proved righteous by all its children," or its good results. (Luke 7:35) Clearly, wisdom is not a person that has literal children! Likewise, the holy spirit is not a person simply because in some instances it is personified. Several translations use spirit, wind, and breath interchangeably, such as at Psalms 104:30 and Job 26:13. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalms104:30;job%2026:13;gen7:22;job33:4;&version=49;77;51;47;78; http://bible.cc/job/26-13.htm http://bible.cc/hosea/13-15.htm NAB Gen1:2 "..while a mighty wind swept over the waters." http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/genesis/genesis1.htm 7. We do not know for sure how the YHWH was pronounced in ancient Hebrew. Neither do we know for sure how Jesus would have been pronounced, perhaps Yeshua or Yehoshua in ancient Hebrew. We do not know for sure how Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jehoiachin, Jehoiada, or Jehoshaphat (Josaphat) were pronouced in Hebrew over 2000 years ago, but translators still use what will be recognizable in the English language. http://bible.cc/joel/3-2.htm

Most alphabets (eg: Hebrew, Greek, Roman, Norse runes) started out with characters for consonants only. Vowels were a later addition. So JHVH is what was originally written in the old testament, and that could mean either JaHVeH or JeHoVaH (or even oJoHoVoHo ;-)). We just dont know how they pronounced the word.

Borasalama, which form do you use?

Whether I say Yahweh or Jehovah you'll know in English that I'm talking about God, in German Gott, in French Dieu, in Swahili Mngu etc but I prefer the Arabic Allah which is found in both the Bible and the HQ, mainly because the word is exclusively reserved for God and cannot be manipulated like the English word God can, into goddess, gods, godfather, tin god, etc etc . in any case HQ 17:110 says "Call upon (Him as) Allah, or call upon (Him as) Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between."