ANSWERS: 11
  • It is the "four letters"...YHWH... the NAME of almighty God...Jehovah. The term ' God' is his title...its not a name.
    • Anoname
      Correct.
    • pugwashjw65
      Thanks, Anoname...
    • BJA
      These four characters, called the Tetragrammaton, are consonants and are read from right to left. They are usually transliterated YHWH or JHVH. In ancient times, the reader supplied the missing vowels, as is common today when abbreviations are read.
  • Great Q - Pugwash got it right. Great Q though!
  • Don't be deceived. The Tetragrammaton is based on the four letters YHWH for LORD in all capital letters. It means Adonai in Hebrew. The word Jehovah is a Pagan name that was invented by a Spanish Catholic monk named Raymundo Martini. Do a research. In Hebrew, there are no vowels.
    • Jewels Vern
      Ok, so YHVH means Adonai, but there are no vowels, so it has to mean DN ... Did I miss something there? I think the Yahoo story makes a lot more sense.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      It's YHWH as in Yahweh. There is no such thing as YHVH.
    • pugwashjw65
      YHWH does not translate as LORD.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      pugwashjv, to you being a Jehovah's Witness it doesn't. I'm sure you want to support your doctrine, but Adonai is the Hebrew name of God.
    • mushroom
      The name of the Lord God was only spoken by the Priests and never written. The four letters YUD HEY VAV HEY are usually not spoken in Hebrew as they are read, but instead the name Adonai ("the Lord") is used. The singular Adon is used in the Hebrew Bible in reference to many "lord/master" figures such as the Pharoah of Egypt, surely as far from the Lord God as you will find there.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      It doesn't get any clearer how God is defined: Psalm 110:1 The LORD says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies my footstool." The word Lord for Adoni is the plural of Adon. Both LORD and Lord are the same word.
    • Linda Joy
      Thank you mushroom! Thank you all for your views and opinions!
    • pugwashjw65
      Jenny...it is faulty translation that ends with.." my Lord said to my LORD...It is much clearer when it is translated My Lord [Jesus] said to my LORD [ Jehovah]
    • Jenny_Rizzo
      pugwashjv, you have no idea what you're saying. Quote: "It is much clearer when it is translated My Lord [Jesus] said to my LORD" By your claims, since Jesus tells the LORD to sit at His right hand, then Jesus is calling the shots. Therefore, Jesus is God.
    • Jenny_Rizzo
      BTW pug, everybody in these comments can clearly see that you messed up. LOL
    • Butterflies67
      Adonai translate as Lord. But Lord is a title not a name. Agreed there are no vowels in Hebrew but the name Jehovah is commonly used.
    • Jenny_Rizzo
      Butterflies, nobody in this thread said the Lord is God's name. Quote: "but the name Jehovah is commonly used." Commonly used by who?
    • Texasescimo
      Jenny, what vowels do you add to these? Or do you? Are you allowed to say Joshua? No J when reading ancient Hebrew without translating, right? Oh, but then no o, u, or a either, right? What translation do you approve of? What language do you speak? http://bibledbdata.org/onlinebibles/hebrew_translit/19_110.htm 110:1 ldvd mzmvr n`m yhvh l`dny sb lymyny jd-`syt `ybyk hdm lrglyk.
    • Texasescimo
      Who is the first to use Jesus or Joshua in English? That's not Hebrew or Greek so some a body must have made a grave sin, eh? The Bible was written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Da Pharisees better get on them for using English names.
    • Texasescimo
      Quote from Jenny: [The Tetragrammaton is based on the four letters YHWH for LORD] Curious, how does YHWH translate or even transliterate to LORD? Y=L, H=O, W=R, H=D? Stop embarrassing yourself.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      Texasescimo, I forgot about this subject that was asked somewhere in 2017. I was looking for it, but I couldn't find it. Thanks for bringing it up in my feedback. I will get back to you anytime soon.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      Texasescimo, I'm back. Quote: "Or do you? Are you allowed to say Joshua?" It is no big deal to misuse the name of Joshua, Jeremiah or Jesus. But it is a sin to misuse the name of God according to Exodus 20:7. Embarrassing myself? Oh, don't worry about the language we speak, cause Jewish people themselves do not know the actual name of God. Jewish people refer to God's name as Adonai for LORD. All it means is Master.
    • Texasescimo
      Quote from Jenny: "It is no big deal to misuse the name of Joshua, Jeremiah or Jesus." I thought you believed that Jesus was Almighty God? To you, translating to English is misusing? How do you decide what names to remove and replace with a substitute? Where do you get the vowels in Adonai? Not in the oldest manuscripts, you know that, right?
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      Texasescimo, I do believe Jesus is the Almighty God. Nowhere in the scriptures does it say we shall not misuse the name of Jesus. The name of Jesus is also a title that means in Hebrew, "The Lord is Salvation." God's actual name is not Adonai. No one is certain of the exact pronunciation.
  • The oldest Hebrew manuscripts present the name in the form of four consonants, commonly called the Tetragrammaton (from Greek te•tra-, meaning “four,” and gramʹma, “letter”). These four letters (written from right to left) are יהוה and may be transliterated into English as YHWH (or, JHVH).
  • Its the " Four Letters"...YHWH...the name of almighty God. Also put as Yahweh,,,which translates to Jehovah... The term " God/god" is a title not a name. In Islam, Allah means "God" in Arabic...but its still just a title... Muslims wrongly consider Allah to be a NAME.
  • The "four letter" name of God. In Hebrew, one of the ways of writing about God is to refer to him by this four letter combination (though God has many names -- not personal names, but references to different aspects of his character; the 4 letter name refers to his trait of mercy). The letters are often transferred into English characters as "yhvh" however this presents a host of problems. Not only are we not sure of the exact ancient pronunciation of the Hebrew letter vav (like a V or a W or something in between the 2) but Hebrew, to be pronounced, requires both letters and vowel points (which were not written in scribal texts, but handed down via a chain of oral transmission until codified by (IIRC) the Masoretes). The 4 letters, themselves, cannot be pronounced because we do not have the vowel points. The actual pronunciation is something that was lost to most communities over the years because it was sacred and not widely disseminated after the destruction of the second temple 2000 years ago. I have heard that the Yemenite Jewish community has a tradition as to the actual pronunciation. Attempts to create a pronunciation like Jehova or Yahweh stem from the attempt to import vowel points from the Hebrew word "Ado-nai" (my master) which is used in prayer instead of the 4 letter name.
  • Oh. I thought we were referring to the Tetragammaton from "Equilibrium."
  • 9-28-2017 I used to think it was a swear word invented specifically for Tetris.
    • Linda Joy
      Lol! I think this may be the most correct answer after seeing all the contention it stirred up.
  • There are hundreds of references in the Bible, naming God, King, Lord, Creator and many other descriptive terms, but in Gen. 3:14 "And God said unto Moses: 'I AM THAT I AM'; and He said: 'Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: EH'YEH [I AM] hath sent me unto you.' " This is echoed in John 8:58: "Very truly I tell you, Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” Arguing over a descriptive or honorific is not relevant when God specified his name as I AM.
    • mushroom
      Of course, "Popeye the Sailor" throws this whole thing off. Maybe the spinach was just an illusion like the burning bush?
    • pugwashjw65
      ""God "" is not God's name...it is his title...like, but better than mister or Sir. Exodus 6:3...And I used to appear to Abraham, Issac and Jacob as God Almighty, but with regard to my name JEHOVAH , I did not make myself known to them... So you cannot replace Jehovah's NAME with his title, otherwise many scriptures will read wrongly...
  • It is Jehovah God's personal name in Hebrew...the four letters...ands it appears in scripture over 7,000 times...And Jehovah NEVER told us it was 'too' holy to use...
  • http://www.talentshare.org/~mm9n/articles/purusha/3_files/image005.jpg Yod he, vau, he He made us in his image.

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