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In Hebrew to English

What does Yahweh mean?

The following answers and opinions from our community refer to the tetragrammaton, or four letter name, which is believed to be pronounced Yahweh, sometimes translated int…o English as Jehovah: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The holiest name the Jews ever had for G-d was never spoken aloud (except on Yom Kippur by the High Priest alone in the innermost sanctum of the Holy Temple). Since Hebrew is written without vowels, we don't know how precisely it was pronounced in ancient times. All we have is the consonants, in what is known as the tetragrammaton: YHVH (Hebrew yod-heh-vav-heh). Early Christian theologians inserted vowels into this to produce 'yahweh' and 'jehovah'. Neither is ever used by observant Jews, who even omit the vowel when writing the English word "G-d" out of respect for this tradition. When Jews read the Torah aloud in the synagogue, whenever they come to YHVH, they say "Adonai," meaning "Lord." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Basically, when God says, "I am that I am," he is giving the translation of what the word "Yahweh" means. (Literally, "I am that I am" = Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, Exod. 3:14.) In other words, he is saying "My name is the fact that I exist." Etymologically, the word "Yahweh" is related to words that mean "to be" or "to create." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahweh - Yahweh is the Hebrew God worshipped exclusively when the Hebrews became monotheists, some time after 1000 BCE. This is the God in the Hebrew Bible (what Christians call the Old Testament). The Hebrews believe that if they place their trust in Yahweh, then they will be provided for. The name "Yahweh" is often rendered "Jehovah." The Hebrew alphabet has no vowels (a,e,i,o,u). Since God is un-nameable, the Hebrews assigned the consonants YHWH as label for their god. By adding vowels (modern alphabet) the name YaHWeH, and YeHoWaH (Jehovah) was arrived at. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahweh is the spelling of God's name (in the Roman alphabet) accepted by most non-Jewish scholars. Jehovah is considered incorrect by philologists. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The name Yahweh appears to be a finite causative verb from the Northwest Semitic root hwy, which means 'to be, to come into being' which would mean that the divine name would mean 'He causes to be, or exist,' i.e. 'He creates.' Apparently Amorite personal names after 2000 BC lend support to this Haupt-Albright view, 'demonstrating that the employment of the causative stem yahweh was in vogue in the liguistic background of early Hebrew.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: Ungers Bible Dictionary p1375. Because Jews ceased to say the name YHVH aloud since before the Common Era, the pronunciation was lost and with it the knowledge of what vowels were implied in this four-consonant word, the tetragrammaton. Because ancient Hebrew used a W sound, rather than a V (vav), most scholars prefer to write the tetragrammaton as YHWH. From the poetic books of the scriptures, they believe it was pronounced 'Yahweh', and this spelling is commonly used in English translations, as well as the derivative, Jehovah. (MORE)

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In Tanakh and Talmud

Where is YAHWEH?

There is no actual place called YAHWEH Yahweh is the personal name of God. (e.g. See Jeremiah 16:19-21, Psalm 83:18, and Psalm 100:3 in the Jerusalem Bible). God is i… (MORE)

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In Judaism

Who is Yahweh?

Answers: Yahweh is an English transliteration of the Name of God which was / is written in Hebrew יהוה, i.e. YHWH, (without vowels)Yahweh is our Heavenly Father and C…reator.Yahweh it's considered by some to be the ancient tribal god of the Hebrews.Yahweh is the name of the God of Israel. He is also the God of the Christians and of all of us. He is the Father, He is Christ. He is everything. He Is creation and life itself. There is nothing He can't do. He is Great.Yahweh is the proper Name of the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Jesus, Paul, and all biblically based Jewish and Christian groups past, present and future (Exodus 3:15; 6:3).According to a theory, Yahweh, Yahu or Yaho is the Name of a God worshipped throughout the whole, or a great part, of the area occupied by the Western Semites.Yahweh is the Name of our Heavenly Father and Creator. He is the Father, and Yahshua ("Jesus") is His son whom he raised from the dead and anointed and appointed to reign as King for 1,000 years. Yahweh is not the Messiah ("Christ"). Messiah means that he was 'anointed'. Yahshua was anointed as King and given all power (authority) by his Father Yahweh.The name Yahweh appears about 7,000 times in the Hebrew Bible. The Jerusalem Bible, an English translation, consistently translates the Hebrew name of God ( יהוה ) as Yahweh. However, most other English translations render the Name of our Father in heaven as "the LORD" or "GOD.The Name Yahweh has been transliterated from the Hebrew into the English language as YHWH from the so called "tetragrammaton" which is a Greek word meaning 'four letters'. The four letters in the Hebrew ( יהוה ) were actually vowels. As transliterated into the English language [YHWH] they are referred to as consonant-vowels or semi-vowels. The Jewish historian Flaviaus Josephus referred to them as four vowels. Flavius Josephus is considered to be the foremost Jewish historian of ancient times. His monumental work The Jewish War (also known as The Wars of the Jews) contains the following description of the High Priest of the Jews, in Book 5, Chapter 5, Paragraph 7, Verse 235: "A mitre also of fine linen encompassed his head, which was tied by a blue ribbon, about which there was another golden crown, in which was engraven the Sacred Name: it consists of four vowels." Answer: Yahweh is not the translation of the word god. Yahweh is the name of our Creator! Yahweh is the Elohim of Israel as the Torah testifies! god is the word that is translated from Baal! See 'Related links' below for more information. Yahweh is the name of God in the Old Testament. The Old Testament is the first section of the Christian Bible. (MORE)

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In Tanakh and Talmud

What is the day of yahweh?

This is the same as the: -Day of the Lord, -Day of Darkness -Day of Destruction, -Great and Terrible day of the Lord, -Day of Jacob's trouble, etc. It is God's judgm… (MORE)

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In The Bible

What is the Temple of YAHWEH?

The temple of Yahweh , just simply means The Temple of God. Answer: The temple of Yahweh is the Throne in the Kingdom of Yahweh. That kingdom is Israel and Juda… (MORE)

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Where was yahweh born?

Yahweh is not mortal. So he was not born neither will he die. He has always been there, he is still there and he will live forever. Since he was not born, then he has no p… (MORE)

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In Math and Arithmetic

What is the answer to 20c plus 5 equals 5c plus 65?

20c + 5 = 5c + 65 Divide through by 5: 4c + 1 = c + 13 Subtract c from both sides: 3c + 1 = 13 Subtract 1 from both sides: 3c = 12 Divide both sides by 3: c = 4

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In The Bible

Who is Yahweh of hosts?

A:One of the earliest and soon the most important god of the Israelites was called, in biblical Hebrew, YHWH, a 'tetragrammaton' that is believed to have been pronounced 'Yahw… (MORE)

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What is better the you phone 5c or 5s?

the 5s because it has better service but it dosent have diffrent colrs just silver gold and black

Dan Galilee

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In The Bible

What religion is Yahweh?

A: 'Yahweh' is believed to be the pronunciation of the Israelite God, once written in Hebrew characters (without vowels) as YHWH (or YHVH in modern Hebrew). … Egyptian sources tell us of the Midianite storm god, YHW. The Book of Exodus talks of Moses spending much time in Midian and worshipping Yahweh there, and biblical scholars believe that YHW was indeed the forerunner of YHWH, or Yahweh. Nearly all scholars say the Exodus from Egypt did not happen as described in the Bible, but do believe it likely that a small band of escaped slaves could have made their way to Midian. Some scholars believe that this group was found, lost and near death, in the Midian desert and was taken by their Midianite benefactors to a Midianite settlement. On this view, after the slaves recovered they made their way north towards the kingdom of Judah, where they were accepted and given shelter. Tales of the almost miraculous survival of the group of slaves and the benevolence shown towards them, resulted in the Midianite god being accepted into the Judahite pantheon. So, it is likely that Yahweh began as a Midianite god and was later accepted as a Judahite God, alongside El (biblical: Elohim), Baal and other gods in the early Judah pantheon. Initially, Yahweh was only a Judahite God, but his renown travelled northwards to Israel, where he was also accepted into the Israelite pantheon of gods. Mark S. Smith (The Early History of God) and other scholars provide evidence of the early polytheism of both Israel and Judah. Gradually, Yahweh became syncretised with El, the father of the gods, until the two names were synonymous. Baal was the ancient West Semitic storm god worshipped by the Hebrews and their neighbours, but Judah and Israel now had two storm gods. The evidence is that Yahweh gradually took on the characteristics of Baal, until Baal was no longer actively worshipped in Israel and Judah. Centuries later, biblical authors would disparage Baal, as if embarrassed that he had ever been worshipped by their ancestors. At the time of the destruction of Israel in 722 BCE, the Israelites were still polytheistic, and the conquering Assyrians boasted of carrying away the Israelite gods (idols). However, Judah progressed through monolatry in the late monarchy to monotheism by the time of the Babylonian Exile. Now, Yahweh was not only a God of Judaism, but the God of Judaism. Jewish answer: Jews never use that spelling ("Yahweh"). God's name in the Torah is יהוה (YHWH in Hebrew, not in English). The transliterations "Jehovah" or "Yahweh," are according to Jewish tradition inaccurate renditions based on a misunderstanding of the the way יהוה is printed in such vocalized texts as Hebrew prayerbooks and printed Tanakhs. Over the course of the Jewish exile, the pronunciation of God's name יהוה has been lost. The name of God is in any case not pronounceable for us, partly due to to a religious prohibition for Jews (Talmud, Sanhedrin ch.11), and partly due to the fact that the way in which it is no longer known. Today we use less explicit names of God, including Adonai or Elohim. (MORE)