Amos

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NASB	Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa, which he saw [in a divine revelation] concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. [Zech 14:5]

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Subject: JEHOVAH RAFFA

Bible Note: Greetings Wannabe!

May I address a couple of points which you raise in your post!

1) Is the Tetragrammaton unprounceable? As you pointed out, Hebrew originally had no written vowels. Once vowel points were added to the text, the Jews used the vowel points from Adonai with the Tetragrammaton. The result is simply this: no one knows how the Tetragrammaton was pronounced. Thus, one can write it YHWH, but no one knows what vowels belong with it. Therefore, it can be written, but it cannot be pronounced since we don't know how to pronounce it. 'Yahweh' seems like it may be accurate, but no one knows for sure.

2) Is there a conspiracy to hide God's name? This is a theory which is put forword quite often. However, there simply isn't any basis for it. We translate the Old Testament into English, not simply transliterate. Thus, is it a conspiracy to translate 'ish' as 'man'? If the translators simply transliterated the entire OT, almost no one would be able to read it. We know where the Tetragrammaton is used from the Hebrew text. We can find information about it in concordances. Most study bibles identify in footnotes when the Tetragrammaton is being used. Thus, it isn't a big secret.

Well, I've got to get to bed!

Your Brother in Christ,

Tim Moran