what's the name of god Adonai, Elohim or Yahwah

[dynavert2012]

what's the name of god that is being mentioned in the Hebrew old testament? i got confused about that and seek for a help specially if i received answer from a native Hebrew speaker

thanks in advance..

 

[Tumah]

what's the name of god that is being mentioned in the Hebrew old testament? i got confused about that and seek for a help specially if i received answer from a native Hebrew speaker

thanks in advance..

All of these and more are used in the Hebrew Scriptures to refer to G-d.

 

[dynavert2012]

All of these and more are used in the Hebrew Scriptures to refer to G-d.

as a title or as a name?

 

[Tumah]

as a title or as a name?

That's a good question. As far as I know, the only time the words "my name" is connected to a name in Scriptures, it is connected to the Tetragrammaton. In Judaism, we say that the Tetragrammaton is G-d's name and the rest are "nick-names." I guess like titles. But in Scriptures, it doesn't actually say, "this is my name and those are my titles."

 

[dynavert2012]

That's a good question. As far as I know, the only time the words "my name" is connected to a name in Scriptures, it is connected to the Tetragrammaton. In Judaism, we say that the Tetragrammaton is G-d's name and the rest are "nick-names." I guess like titles. But in Scriptures, it doesn't actually say, "this is my name and those are my titles."

thanks, this Tetragrammaton is the four letters? if yes, do you pronounce it in Hebrew as adonai or as YHWH?

 

[Tumah]

thanks, this Tetragrammaton is the four letters? if yes, do you pronounce it in Hebrew as adonai or as YHWH?

It's the four letter name. We don't pronounce the name because of its holiness, we substitute A-donai instead. (We don't say any of the names outside of prayers either, but that one we don't even say in prayer.)

 

[dynavert2012]

It's the four letter name. We don't pronounce the name because of its holiness, we substitute A-donai instead. (We don't say any of the names outside of prayers either, but that one we don't even say in prayer.)

thank you, some Christians claim the original name is Jehohvah or YHVH, i don't want you to say the name but is it that name or they got it wrong? even don't write it if it's against your religion

 

[Tumah]

thank you, some Christians claim the original name is Jehohvah or YHVH, i don't want you to say the name but is it that name or they got it wrong? even don't write it if it's against your religion

The letters Y-H-V-H are a transliteration of the Hebrew letters of the Tetragrammaton.
The reason why Christians say Jehovah is because when they started translating the Scriptures, they used the German J because that is the letter they use to make the "Y" sound. The rest of the name are probably derived from prounouncing the name as its often (but not always) spelled in the Aleppo Codex. But the Aleppo Codex itself only used the vowel point configuration for convenience. According to some, the authors took the vowel points from "L'OLaM" which means "forever" to imply that G-d is eternal. So you get "Y'-HoVaH". But the AC also uses other vowel points like the ones from "E-LoHiM", so that it would be "Y-eHoViH". It was just a convenience that some Christians ran with.

 

[Caladan]

As noted, the Tetragrammaton is the closest in Judaism to God having a name. However YHVH (the Tetragrammaton) is commonly associated with the Hebrew Biblical term Eheye Asher Eheye, or I Am That I Am (varieties of English translations exist, a common Jewish one is I Will Be What I Will Be, which makes more linguistic sense). So following such association even as a 'name' YHVH is more of an abstract and renders anthropomorphic use as out of context of meaning.
Jews pronounce the Tetragrammaton as 'Adonai' meaning 'my Lord'.

 

[Akivah]

what's the name of god that is being mentioned in the Hebrew old testament?

I think G-d is referred to by over 50 different words. The words normally describe the human understanding of G-d's actions at the time. But our G-d doesn't actually have a name as humans think of it.

 

[dynavert2012]

As noted, the Tetragrammaton is the closest in Judaism to God having a name. However YHVH (the Tetragrammaton) is commonly associated with the Hebrew Biblical term Eheye Asher Eheye, or I Am That I Am (varieties of English translations exist, a common Jewish one is I Will Be What I Will Be, which makes more linguistic sense). So following such association even as a 'name' YHVH is more of an abstract and renders anthropomorphic use as out of context of meaning.
Jews pronounce the Tetragrammaton as 'Adonai' meaning 'my Lord'.

makes sense

 

[dynavert2012]

As noted, the Tetragrammaton is the closest in Judaism to God having a name. However YHVH (the Tetragrammaton) is commonly associated with the Hebrew Biblical term Eheye Asher Eheye, or I Am That I Am (varieties of English translations exist, a common Jewish one is I Will Be What I Will Be, which makes more linguistic sense). So following such association even as a 'name' YHVH is more of an abstract and renders anthropomorphic use as out of context of meaning.
Jews pronounce the Tetragrammaton as 'Adonai' meaning 'my Lord'.

so the Hebrews don't consider this Tetragrammaton as a name but it's a sentence, i got it right?

 

[Levite]

so the Hebrews don't consider this Tetragrammaton as a name but it's a sentence, i got it right?

It's actually representative of God's eternality, His paradoxical nature. The word represents the verb "to be" simultaneously conjugated into all three tenses. Such a word, if translated, could only be rendered by a phrase rather than a single word. Yet it is also a Name. Not God's only Name, but a Name nonetheless.

 

[Marco19]

Is it correct that in both two temples eras, the name was pronounced by the main/chief priest who gets the access into the holy of holies?
or till first century most Jews (both priest & lay people) knew and pronounced the name while praying?

 

[Levite]

Is it correct that in both two temples eras, the name was pronounced by the main/chief priest who gets the access into the holy of holies?
or till first century most Jews (both priest & lay people) knew and pronounced the name while praying?

It was pronounced by the High Priest during the time of the First Temple, and through part of the era of the Second Temple, but the correct pronunciation seems to have been lost sometime before the fall of the Second Temple-- how long before is unclear.

However it had apparently ceased to be routinely pronounced in daily life by most Jews early in the First Temple period.

 

[Pegg]

I think G-d is referred to by over 50 different words. The words normally describe the human understanding of G-d's actions at the time. But our G-d doesn't actually have a name as humans think of it.

What about the declaration at Exodus 3:15?

Is that not considered a personal name?

 

[Akivah]

What about the declaration at Exodus 3:15?

Is that not considered a personal name?

Exo 3:15 So Moses said, "Let me turn now and see this great spectacle why does the thorn bush not burn up?"

Nothing in there about a personal name.

 

[Tumah]

Exo 3:15 So Moses said, "Let me turn now and see this great spectacle why does the thorn bush not burn up?"

Nothing in there about a personal name.

That's 3:3

 

[Akivah]

Whoops. Thanks Tumah.

And G-d said further to Moses, "So shall you say to the children of Israel, 'The Lord G-d of your forefathers, the G-d of Abraham, the G-d of Isaac, and the G-d of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is how I should be mentioned in every generation.

We don't view this as G-d's name, it is more of a description.

 

[Seth_Graham]

Yod representing the concrete/physical elements of existence, wau being the ethereal/fluid elements with the 2 hehs symbolizing the perfectly whole ideal of the other letters... This being based on the hebraic numerology/bibliomantic worldview of the time. A fitting analogy for a Unitarian Deity that encompasses all other deities into a ONE-SOURCE Deity.