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Yahweh, Jehovah, The LORD, or G-d
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t3gah
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Jehovah or Yahweh
"Jehovah" is the best known English pronunciation of the name for God, and "Yahweh" is favored by Hebrew scholars. The oldest Hebrew manuscripts present the name in the form of four consonants, commonly called the Tetragrammaton (from Greek tetra-, meaning "four," and gram'ma, "letter"). These four letters (written from right to left) may be transliterated into English as YHWH.
Mishnaic traditions concerning the pronouncing for God are as follows:
In connection with the annual Day of Atonement, Danby's translation of the Mishnah states: "And when the priests and the people which stood in the Temple Court heard the Expressed Name come forth from the mouth of the High Priest, they used to kneel and bow themselves and fall down on their faces and say, 'Blessed be the name of the glory of his kingdom for ever and ever!'" (Yoma 6:2) Of the daily priestly blessings, Sotah 7:6 says: "In the Temple they pronounced the Name as it was written, but in the provinces by a substituted word." Sanhedrin 7:5 states that a blasphemer was not guilty 'unless he pronounced the Name,' and that in a trial involving a charge of blasphemy a substitute name was used until all the evidence had been heard; then the chief witness was asked privately to 'say expressly what he had heard,' presumably employing the divine name. Sanhedrin 10:1, in listing those "that have no share in the world to come," states: "Abba Saul says: Also he that pronounces the Name with its proper letters." Yet, despite these negative views, one also finds in the first section of the Mishnah the positive injunction that "a man should salute his fellow with the use of the Name of God," the example of Boaz (Ruth 2:4) then being cited.-Berakhot 9:5. (The Mishnah, translated by H. Danby, London, 1954, pp. xiv, xv)
Translations
Translations into other languages, such as the Latin Vulgate, followed the example of these later copies of the Greek Septuagint. The Catholic Douay Version (1609-1610) in English, based on the Latin Vulgate, therefore does not contain the divine name, while the King James Version (1611) uses LORD or GOD (in capital and small capitals) to represent the Tetragrammaton in the Hebrew Scriptures, except in four cases.
The Codex Leningrad B19A, of the 11th century C.E., vowel points the Tetragrammaton to read Yehwah', Yehwih', and Yehowah'. Ginsburg's edition of the Masoretic text vowel points the divine name to read Yehowah'. (Genesis 3:14) Hebrew scholars generally favor "Yahweh" as the most likely pronunciation. They point out that the abbreviated form of the name is Yah (Jah in the Latinized form), as at Psalm 89:8 and in the expression Halelu-Yah' ("Praise Jah, you people!"). (Psalms 104:35; 150:1, 6)
The Tetragrammaton occurs 6,828 times in the Hebrew text printed in Biblia Hebraica and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.
The Greek Scriptures made their quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures on the basis of the Septuagint, and that, since this version substituted Ky'rios or Theos' for the Tetragrammaton, these writers did not use the name of God.
Also, the forms Yehoh', Yoh, Yah, and Ya'hu, found in the Hebrew spelling of the names Jehoshaphat, Joshaphat, Shephatiah, and others, can all be derived from Yahweh. Greek transliterations of the name by early Christian writers point in a somewhat similar direction with spellings such as Iabe' and Iaoue', which, as pronounced in Greek, resemble Yahweh. Jeremiah would be changed to Yirmeyah', Isaiah would become Yesha'ya'hu, and Jesus would be either Yehohshu'a' (as in Hebrew) or Iesous' (as in Greek).
Deuteronomy 5:11 You shall not take the name of Yahweh El Shaddai in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain."
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Judaism 101: The Nature of G-d
(http://www.jewfaq.org/g-d.htm)
(http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm)
"Jehovah" is the best known English pronunciation of the name for God, and "Yahweh" is favored by Hebrew scholars. The oldest Hebrew manuscripts present the name in the form of four consonants, commonly called the Tetragrammaton (from Greek tetra-, meaning "four," and gram'ma, "letter"). These four letters (written from right to left) may be transliterated into English as YHWH.
Mishnaic traditions concerning the pronouncing for God are as follows:
In connection with the annual Day of Atonement, Danby's translation of the Mishnah states: "And when the priests and the people which stood in the Temple Court heard the Expressed Name come forth from the mouth of the High Priest, they used to kneel and bow themselves and fall down on their faces and say, 'Blessed be the name of the glory of his kingdom for ever and ever!'" (Yoma 6:2) Of the daily priestly blessings, Sotah 7:6 says: "In the Temple they pronounced the Name as it was written, but in the provinces by a substituted word." Sanhedrin 7:5 states that a blasphemer was not guilty 'unless he pronounced the Name,' and that in a trial involving a charge of blasphemy a substitute name was used until all the evidence had been heard; then the chief witness was asked privately to 'say expressly what he had heard,' presumably employing the divine name. Sanhedrin 10:1, in listing those "that have no share in the world to come," states: "Abba Saul says: Also he that pronounces the Name with its proper letters." Yet, despite these negative views, one also finds in the first section of the Mishnah the positive injunction that "a man should salute his fellow with the use of the Name of God," the example of Boaz (Ruth 2:4) then being cited.-Berakhot 9:5. (The Mishnah, translated by H. Danby, London, 1954, pp. xiv, xv)
Translations
Translations into other languages, such as the Latin Vulgate, followed the example of these later copies of the Greek Septuagint. The Catholic Douay Version (1609-1610) in English, based on the Latin Vulgate, therefore does not contain the divine name, while the King James Version (1611) uses LORD or GOD (in capital and small capitals) to represent the Tetragrammaton in the Hebrew Scriptures, except in four cases.
The Codex Leningrad B19A, of the 11th century C.E., vowel points the Tetragrammaton to read Yehwah', Yehwih', and Yehowah'. Ginsburg's edition of the Masoretic text vowel points the divine name to read Yehowah'. (Genesis 3:14) Hebrew scholars generally favor "Yahweh" as the most likely pronunciation. They point out that the abbreviated form of the name is Yah (Jah in the Latinized form), as at Psalm 89:8 and in the expression Halelu-Yah' ("Praise Jah, you people!"). (Psalms 104:35; 150:1, 6)
The Tetragrammaton occurs 6,828 times in the Hebrew text printed in Biblia Hebraica and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.
The Greek Scriptures made their quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures on the basis of the Septuagint, and that, since this version substituted Ky'rios or Theos' for the Tetragrammaton, these writers did not use the name of God.
Also, the forms Yehoh', Yoh, Yah, and Ya'hu, found in the Hebrew spelling of the names Jehoshaphat, Joshaphat, Shephatiah, and others, can all be derived from Yahweh. Greek transliterations of the name by early Christian writers point in a somewhat similar direction with spellings such as Iabe' and Iaoue', which, as pronounced in Greek, resemble Yahweh. Jeremiah would be changed to Yirmeyah', Isaiah would become Yesha'ya'hu, and Jesus would be either Yehohshu'a' (as in Hebrew) or Iesous' (as in Greek).
Deuteronomy 5:11 You shall not take the name of Yahweh El Shaddai in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain."
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Judaism 101: The Nature of G-d
(http://www.jewfaq.org/g-d.htm)
G-d
A way of avoiding writing a name of God, to avoid the risk of the sin of erasing or defacing the Name.
Judaism 101: The Name of GodA way of avoiding writing a name of God, to avoid the risk of the sin of erasing or defacing the Name.
(http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm)
Doodlebug02
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I voted G-d (although I spell it God usually), but in all honesty, I like all of the names that our Lord has. I guess it depends on the mood and the situation as to which name I use. Generally, I just call Him God or Lord. 
goodjewishboy
Shalom!
Actually I think it is appropriate that they don't try to pronounce the tetragrammaton in Hebrew. G-d's true name, represented by four letters: yud - hay - vav - hay could only be spoken by the high priest, in the holy of holies, in the Temple, on Yom Kippur. In fact, the Name was only ever known by a very small number of people at any given time. Any attempt to pronounce the tetragrammaton is most probably wrong, and it is out of respect that we don't try to.t3gah said:
as far as the question goes, HaShem works. it literally translates to The Name.
Feathers in Hair
World's Tallest Hobbit
All this discussion got me remembering the one time I did speak up to the 'WASP' kids in one of my high school classes. These were the type that were convinced that the sun, moon and stars revolved around them, although, in all fairness, I suppose they were raised to believe that. I was quiet enough that I fit into the borders of all social circles in that school, so I happened to be sitting nearby when these students were having a talk.carrdero said:
They were having a 'theological' discussion during Algebra, the quotation marks being deserved because they were loudly trying to decide whether god hated goths, Jews, Muslims or pagans more. In high school, I was certainly the shy type, so it was more to my shock than to anyone elses' that I tilted my head and said "God? You do know she's black, right?"
I think they could have debated either Diety's 'ethnicity' or their gender, neither fitting their mental version of god, but somehow the combination threw them for a loop and they were silent for the rest of the class.
Okay, sorry for the random memory! Back on topic!
chuck010342
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I like Holy father
:biglaugh: :biglaugh: Good commentdan said:
t3gah
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I forgot to add them and by the time I realized I had forgotten Jesus, Allah and some others it was too late. People started voting and making comments. I thought of making another poll but then what could I do about this one? I don't see a "self destruct" option on the 'edit' link for this poll.Sunstone said:
I have no problem making a new poll if the mods can delete this one. Of course there is the question of whether the people who voted or posted here would do it again if this poll vanished. :sarcastic
What do you think I should do?
Do what you want to do, t3gah. You've got a good thread here -- one that at least shows people have more names for God than perhaps we suspected we had at first. If you want to start a new thread with a broader poll, then go ahead, but I seriously doubt that you will ever come up with enough options on any poll for all the names people have for God.
t3gah
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** C O R R E C T I O N ** THE NEW POLL LINK IS...
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6911
The options for the new poll are:
Enjoy!
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6911
The options for the new poll are:
- Allah
- Ehyeh (or Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh)
- Father
- God (G-d)
- haShem
- Holy Father
- Jehovah (JHVH)
- Jesus
- Yahweh (YHWH)
- Other
Enjoy!
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