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1 | the name of G-d? | Judg 11:39 | parpar | 200591 | ||
Hi militaryguy. I refer to your post, in which you said, "So...if I understand correctly...when I spell God with an 'o'...I am profaning His name? I guess when I actually say it, I am...what? blaspheming? Actually, the way I always understood it, the tetragrammaton of the Jewish scriptures was God's name, which the Jews were very careful with, to the point that we don't really know how the name was pronounced...thus we have Jehovah and Yahweh." And also you said, "So...studybibleforum experts, what name are we to use for God, and are there any we should forbear using?" Although not strictly speaking an answer to your questions, it occurred to me that what follows might just be of interest to you, Jehovah is a nonexistent word, made up of the consonants of one word, and the vowel signs of another word. It is arrived at as follows. At Ex Ch 3 v 14 The Lord our God revealed His most Holy name to Moses, it is the name that is translated in English as "LORD" or "I AM". This name was considered by the Jews to be so Holy that whenever scripture was read aloud in public, it must not be pronounced, but another word was to be used in its place, this word was another title for God namely Adonai meaning Lord. Vowel signs were placed over the Hebrew letters to help pronunciation. what happened was that the vowel signs for YHWH were replaced with the vowel signs for Adonai indicating to the reader that Adonai was to be pronounced in place of YHWH. in medieval times an attempt was made to pronounce the Divine name using the consonants of one word, and the vowel signs of another word, thereby producing a nonexistent meaningless word. The name by which God revealed Himself to Moses at Ex 3:14, means "I have been what I have been, I AM that (or what) I AM, I will be what I will be". This name was also understood by the Jews to mean "The perpetually self reveling all existent one". As far as I am aware Christians are not required to attempt to pronounce the Divine name as revealed to Moses, but to address God as, "Our Father". Further more, Jesus said, Jhn 14:13 "And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Jhn 14:14 "If you ask[fn3] anything in My name, I will do it. Footnote: 14:14 NU-Text adds Me. Every blessing. parpar. |
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2 | the name of G-d? | Judg 11:39 | azurelaw | 200600 | ||
Dear parpar, I am afraid you have wrongly directed your message to militaryguy. The quotes you cited were actually from user halroy. So, if halroy is still active on the forum, he/she could probably read of your post from the main page of SBF. Else, you might need to re-direct your post to him/her again. Hope you enjoy the forum :-) God bless and Shalom Azure |
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3 | the name of G-d? | Judg 11:39 | parpar | 200606 | ||
Dear Azure. Thank you for drawing my attention to my mistake, as you can see, I have taken your advice, and re-directed my post to, "halroy", who, by the way is of the male gender. May the Lord bless you abundantly, and keep you safe. parpar. |
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