YEHOWAH

I am so thrilled to know Him
The God of Jesus Christ
The Father of our Savior
The Awesome God of Might

God's Name just gives me feelings
that make me feel complete
the joyous thought of knowing it
so soothing and replete

I feel it's quite an honor
to speak His Glorious Name
to share my thoughts about Him
to tell of His great fame

For Jehovah has a people
Six million going strong
Who He has placed His Name upon
I doubt that they are wrong

While scattered other persons
insist He's called Yahweh
surely God would tell them
if it was right - that way

For why would God Jehovah
place his seal upon
A people called by His Name
If the name they used was wrong ?

And numerous famous scholars
have searched this subject deep
of how to say his glorious name
pronounced by his true sheep

The Father of our Jesus
Was revealed in Jewish thought
with Hebrew written letters
in synagogues was taught

In time the Jewish Tetragram
was forbidden and despised
because their faith grew tranished
and they preferred the lies

How Satan stole the glory
by superstitious strife
attempting to remove it
from the Bible and its Light

This Jewish false tradition
spread to evil Rome
and onto fallen Christendom
whose voice began to drone

Now many say we know not how
to correctly say God's Name
they argue and debate a lot
and often try to blame

Jehovah's people for their part
in making God's Name known
for cultivating a thirst for Him
and for the seeds they've sown

What really is important
in this time of the end
is not the way we say God's Name
but to truly be His friend

All our friends have vital names
that identify their face
and they feel truly honored when
their name has found a place

Within our hearts and memory
and we speak their name a loud
to identify them specifically
from others in the crowd

Jehovah too, loves it when
we single him from those
who claim to be a godly one
that have a name they chose

For many gods and many lords
abound the world and seas
for mankind has a numerous lot
to whom they bend their knees

Just think of William as a name
while some might call him Bill
Still others might refer to him
as Billy, Bob, or Will.

No matter what the moniker
we use to call each one
a compliment and courtesy
is what we've really done

Yes, our love and caring too
are shown by true attempts
to remember and call him by
the name He's always kept

So rather than avoid God's name
or replace it with mere "LORD"
we do well to make it known
and use it even More.

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Many "Lords" and Many "gods"

First of all "GOD" and "LORD" are not names -
but only titles.

These titles may even be used in idol worship
or devil worship. The Bible itself refers to Satan
as 'the god of this world . . .'
-(2 Cor. 4:4)(1 John 5:1)

The Bible tells us :

".....indeed there are many "gods"
and many "lords"......"
(1Corinthians 8:5,6) (NIV) -BibleGateway



Jehovah -
The GOD of all gods
and The LORD of all Lords

JEHOVAH IS IDENTIFIED
AS THE GOD OF ALL GODS
AND THE LORD OF ALL LORDS

"For Jehovah your God,
he is God of gods,
and Lord of lords,
the great God, the mighty..."
(Deuteronomy 10:17)(ASV)-BibleGateway


Pronunciation

"Yehovah - pronounced {yeh-ho-vaw'} -
is the correct Hebrew rendering. "
-Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible

Though the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) does not appear
in the vast majority of the English translations
in use today, most of these do emphasize the word
"LORD" or "GOD" (all letters capitalized),
to indicate where the sacred name was originally used.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance tells us:

"Jesus in Greek, is of Hebrew origin
and is taken from the name Yehoshua,
which in English is translated as Joshua.
Yehoshua, in Hebrew means "Yehovah Saves". "
-Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Indeed Jesus was the means by which Jehovah
chose - to save the world of mankind.

Jehovah's Seal of Approval

HIS "MARK" OF APPROVAL -
HIS NAME


The Divine Name of God
as shown in scripture -
YHWH - Yehowah (Hebrew)
Jehovah (English)

Jehovah has put his "MARK" of approval
upon his chosen people - by putting his name
upon them too.

The meaning of the word "name" in scripture.
"Name" comes from the Hebrew word "Shem".
Here is a definition of this word in the Strong's Lexicon:

"Strong's # 8034 Shem; a primitive word position;
an appellation, as a "MARK" or memorial of individuality;
by implication honor, authority, character: fame[-ous],
name, renown, report."

As we can see from the above definition, God's name
not only represents His "character" but His Name is
also "His mark".

Jehovah Himself,
Declares His Own Name


"I am Jehovah,
and there is none else;
besides me there is no God."
(Isaiah 45:5) (ASV) -BibleGateway

"I am Jehovah,
that is my name;
and my glory will I not give to another,
neither my praise unto graven images."
(Isaiah 42:8)(ASV)-BibleGateway

"Jehovah, the God of your fathers...
this is my name forever,
and this is my memorial unto all generations."
(Exodus 3:15)(ASV)-BibleGateway

"...The Sacred Name Yahovah
was revealed to man by Yahovah Himself
and is not a man-given name."
-(see II Apol., 10, 13; Trypho, 126, 127).

Jehovah's Name
Will Never Change

"Thy name, O Jehovah,
endureth for ever;
Thy memorial name, O Jehovah,
throughout all generations."
(Psalm 135:13)(ASV)-BibleGateway

The Importance of A NAME

"If you want to win friends,
make it a point to remember them.
If you remember my name,
you pay me a subtle compliment;
you indicate that I have made an impression on you.
Remember my name
and you add to my feeling of importance."
---Dale Carnegie

"The spelling and the pronunciation are
not highly important. What is highly
important is to keep it clear that this
is a personal name...and cannot be properly
understood if we translate this name by a
common noun like 'Lord' or 'God'."
-Steven T. Byington,
translator of The Bible in Living English


"That they [the Jews] now allege
the name Jehovah to be unpronounceable,
they do not know what they are talking
about...If it can be written with pen
and ink, why should it not be spoken ?
--1543- Martin Luther
Founder of Protestantism

"This name Jehovah...
belongs exclusively to the true God."
--1526 - A sermon on Jeremiah 23:1-8
delivered by Martin Luther

"Iehovah is God's name . . .
Moreover as oft as thou seist LORD
in great letters...it is in Hebrew - Iehovah."
-- Preface of English Bible 1530 -
William Tyndale

Pronunciation - in Favor of Jehovah
Some Scholarly Comments

"The oldest archeological testimony favors the
pronunciation Jehovah. A short inscription dated
of the time of Amenophis III (circa 1400 BCE)
has been found at Soleb..."
-M. Gérard GERTOUX; a Hebrew scholar,
specialist of the Tetragram; president of the
Association Biblique de Recherche d'Anciens Manuscrits

"According to postings on various forums, it has been
stated that both Emanuel and Nehemiah Gordon believe
that the Name of God is closer to Yehowah, which is
similar to Jehovah in English. Nehemiah Gordon...
defends Yehovah after extensive study of the Masoretic
Text manuscripts. Nehemiah's view...based on studying
the actual manuscripts under Emanuel Tov, is that...
the earlier Masoretic manuscripts all have a Yehowah
or Yehovah pronounciation..."
- Seek God Association (Michael John Rood:
Messianic Karaite Rabbi)

"The great name YHWH is vocalized "Yehowah" in Hebrew...
In the same way, as there were theophoric names
elaborated from the great name, that is names beginning
with Yehô- or its shortened form Y(eh)ô-, ...
The Hebrews took care of making either their names begin
with Yehô- or Yô-, or to end their names with -yah,
theophoric names like: Joshua, Jonathan, Jesus, John, etc."
For example, the name YHWHNN (John) is vocalized
Yehôha-nan in Hebrew."
- M. Gérard GERTOUX; a Hebrew scholar,
specialist of the Tetragram; president of the
Association Biblique de Recherche d'Anciens Manuscrits

"Yehova, which was in agreement with the beginning
of all the theophoric names, was the authentic pronunciation..."
- Paul Drach;
De l'harmonie entre l'église et la synagogue
(Of the Harmony between the Church and the Synagogue)
published in 1842

"The tetragrammaton, YHWH, is therefore read
I-eH-U-A (Iehoua), the equivalent of "YeHoWaH"
in Masoretic punctuation. This means that the name
is to be pronounced as it is written, or according
to its letters."
- (Won W. Lee professor at the Calvin College)
published in the Religious Studies Review
Volume 29 Number 3 July 2003 page 285.

"Numerous linguists have postulated that...this name
was pronounced Yehowah in the first century..."
-M. Gérard GERTOUX; a Hebrew scholar,
specialist of the Tetragram; president of the
Association Biblique de Recherche d'Anciens Manuscrits

"Jehovah is simply the form that conforms to normal
English usage with respect to Hebrew names in the Bible.
For example, in Hebrew, the name “Isaiah” was probably
pronounced “Yeshayahu.” Similarly the English “Jerusalem”
was, in Hebrew, pronounced “Yerushalaim.” “Jesus” was
pronounced “Yeshua” or “Yehohshua”. The names Isaiah,
Jerusalem and Jesus, were not the original Hebrew or
Greek pronunciations. It is normal and proper for names
to take on different pronunciations when they are
transferred into another language. In Hebrew, God’s name
was likely pronounced “Yehowah,” in Spanish it is Jehová
(pronounced: ‘he-o-vá’), in English we say “Jehovah.”
-The Divine Name of God;
Pursuit of Scriptural Truth
Home Christians.net

See the chart below for examples
of some of these Jewish Translations :

"That mystic name which is called
the Tetragrammaton, by which alone
they who had access to the Holy of Holies
were protected, is pronounced JEHOVAH
(Iehovah), which means,
Who is, and who shall be."
-Nicetas, Bishop of Heraclea, 2nd century,
From The Catena On The Pentateuch,
Published In Latin
By Francis Zephyrus, P 146

"The Jewish scholars known as Massoretes
introduced a system of vowels and accents...
In this way the Tetragrammaton became Ye-Ho-VaH
and later on, in Western languages, Jehovah..."
- B.9.2: The Biblical Background;
Gilles C H Nullens

Theophoric Names

Many biblical names Started with the Tetragram,
and give insite as to how we would pronounce
The Great Divine Name of God.

These names are called "theophoric".

The following Chart by :
Christian Ginsburg, Introduction To
the Massoretico-Critical Edition
Of The Hebrew Bible, p 369.

Shows us these Examples :

(remember - the Hebrew reads right to left)

Thus we see by the chart above
that the beginning letters of the tetragram
are pronounced in english as JEHO -

Thus, it is clear how the ancient Jews
viewed the correct pronunciation of the
Tetragrammaton, for without exception
the first two syllables in the above names
are identical in pronunciation to the traditional
pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton - which
is as shown above - JEHO.


Scholarly Opinion Against
"Yahweh" - pronunciation


"The form Yahweh is thus an incorrect
hybrid with an early 'w' and a late 'eh'. "
-The Law and the Prophets,
ed. by John H. Skilton,
Milton C. Fisher, and Leslie W. Sloat

"...there is NO Jewish translation
of the Bible with Yahweh."
-M. Gérard GERTOUX; a Hebrew scholar,
specialist of the Tetragram; president of the
Association Biblique de Recherche d'Anciens Manuscrits

"Actually, there is a problem with the
pronunciation Yahweh. It is a strange
combination of old and late elements."
-Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
(TWOT)

"The pronunciation of yhwh as Yahweh
is a scholarly guess."
-Anchor Bible Dictionary, VI-1011.

"What should be obvious in all this
is that the pronunciation of YHWH
is an academic matter and the God of Israel
is more interested in our personal relationship
to Him rather than the pronunciation of his name.
In fact, from the evidence now available,
it may be argued that Yahweh is incorrect
and Jahoweh might be the true pronunciation"
-(The Law and the Prophets,pp. 215-224,
edited by John H. Skilton, Milton C. Fisher,
and Leslie W. Sloat).


"YAHWEH is NOT a Hebrew name."
--The Law and the Prophets,
ed. by John H. Skilton,
Milton C. Fisher, and Leslie W. Sloat

"...the form "Yahweh" is
an incorrect hybrid form...."
-Laird Harris;
The Pronunciation of the Tetragram,
in The Law and the Prophets:
Old Testament Studies
Prepared in Honor of Oswald Thompson Allis,
ed. John H. Skilton
(Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian
and Reformed Publishing, 1974), pgs 218-224

"Concerted effort has been underway for the past
several generations to alter the pronunciation of
the Divine Name, known as the Tetragrammaton,
from Jehovah into the Egyptian slur, Yahweh.
In spite of these efforts, there is compelling evidence
to stick with the traditional pronunciation of Jehovah."
--LambLion; by Scott Jones

Two Syllables or Three ?

YAHWEH = (2 syllables)
YEHOWAH = (3 syllables)

"The original form of the divine name
was almost certainly three syllables,
and NOT two. The accumulated data points
heavily in the direction of a "three"
syllable word."
- George W. Buchanan,
"Some Unfinished Business
With the Dead Sea Scrolls,"
RevQ 13.49-52 (1988), 416

"When the Tetragrammaton was pronounced...
it was pronounced in "three" syllables
and it would have been 'Yahowah' "
- George W. Buchanan,
"How God's Name Was Pronounced,"
BAR 21.2 (March-April 1995), 31-32

"Samaritan poetry employs the Tetragrammaton
and then rhymes it with words having the same
sound as Yah-oo-ay (three syllables)."
-(Journal of Biblical Literature, 25, p.50
and Jewish Encyclopedia, vol.9, p.161).

"in the syllable division of the divine name
it would have ended up as Jahoweh,
a form...remarkably like the...form Jehovah"
-Laird Harris;
The Pronunciation of the Tetragram,
in The Law and the Prophets:
Old Testament Studies

"Many scholars believe...that it is more likely that
the Divine name was originally pronounced
in a three syllable form, ‘Yeh×o×wah.’ -
‘Jehovah’ is the English form of the divine name."
-The Divine Name of God;
Pursuit of Scriptural Truth
Home Christians.net


As Christians

Regardless of how we pronounce Jehovah's Name,
As Christians we should follow Our Leader,
Jesus Christ, who told us to honor his Father's Name.

"One of Jesus Christ's missions was
to reveal the name of the Almighty God.
Precisely, he taught in his prayer to
Hallow or keep His Father's name Holy.
How can we perform obedience to his word
if we don't know His real personal name? "
- B.9.2: The Biblical Background;
Gilles C H Nullens

"Our Father in heaven,
help us to honor your name."
(Matthew 6:9)(CEV)-BibleGateway

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