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OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE SACRED NAME
Some people claim that the proper pronunciation of tetragrammatan YHWH is 'uncertain', because, as they say, at the time of the writing of the Old Testament, there were 'no vowel markings' used. But most true Hebrew scholars know that the proper pronunciation of His Name, Yahweh, has never been lost. Josephus, well known historian and scholar at the time of the early church, stated that through Jewish history, and before the invention of vowel letters, there were 3 letters in the Hebrew alphabet that were commonly used as vowels: These are the 'Yod', the 'Hay', and the 'Wow'. Since the Germans had large influence on theology, their way of pronouncing the 'W' was a 'V' sound, and wrongly changed the 'Wow' to a 'Vav'. The Divine Name consists of the following letters: Reading from right to left, first there is a 'Yod', which provided the 'Y' sound. The Yod looks like a small seven, and is half as long on the top as the 'Hay', then going down halfway on the right side, half as tall as the 7 in the 'Hay'. Then, there is the 'Hay', which looks like a 7, but with equal length on the top, and on the right side. That is, equal length on the top as on the right side, coming down. Then, put a leg on the seven, like a table, but not allowing the left leg to quite reach the top of the 7, or it becomes another letter. The 'Wow' comes next, and also looks like the number 7. It looks like the 'Hay', but does not have a left leg, and it is only half the length of the 'Hey' on the top. The next letter, again is another 'Hay'. Josephus states that everyone knew how these letters were to be pronounced, and that every letter in the Divine Name of Yahweh, was a vowel! Yod = 'Y' as in 'yes'. Hay = like our letter 'A', but like our short A, with an 'ah' sound. Then, from right to left, came the next letter, 'Wow' with a 'W' sound, like our use of the letter 'w' in the word 'was'. Finally, the last 'Hay', but this time with a long 'a' sound, thus, 'Yahweh'. Phonetically, in English, it would be: "ee ah oo ay", or, Yahweh!!! We recommend that you give yourself permission to use this Name for God, often, in prayer, in praise and in your daily conversations with and about God. Amen. You can even say: HalleluYahweh ! ! !
The Bible and Other Uses of The Proper Name for God: Here is Moffat's explanation, "One crucial instance of the difficulty offered by a Hebrew term lies in the prehistoric Name given at the exodus by the Hebrews to their God. (should read, 'by their God to the Hebrews). Strictly speaking, this ought to be rendered 'Yahweh', which is familiar to modern readers in the erroneous form of Jehovah. Were this version intended for students of the original, there would be no hesitation whatever in printing Yahweh. But almost at the last moment I have decided with some reluctance to follow the practice of the French scholars and of Matthew Arnold (though not exactly for his reasons), who translate this Name by 'the Eternal', except in an enigmatic title like 'the Lord of hosts'. There is a distinct loss in this, I fully admit; to drop the racial, archaic term is to miss something of what it meant for the Hebrew nation. In the other hand, there is a certain gain, especially in a book of lyrics like the Psalter, and I trust that in a popular version like the present my choice will be understood even by those who may be slow to pardon it." p.xx-xxi/W- James Moffatt, The Bible: A New Translation, 1935 Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London.
The Book Of Yahweh, Yisrayl Hawkins, 1988, Published by The House of Yahweh, Abilene, Texas, (Not recommended, but interesting.) The Century Bible, Vol. 1, pp. 90-91, by Adeney & Bennett Emphasized Bible: A New Translation Joseph Bryant Rotherham, Cincinnati, Ohio, The Standard Publishing Company.
The Holy Name Bible The Jerusalem Bible, General Editor: Alexander Jones, Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York, 1966. The New International Version Interlinear Hebrew/English Old Testament, Edited by John R. Kohlenberger III, Four Volumes, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49506, Vol. 1, pp, 26 of the Introduction.
The Restoration of the Sacred Name Bible The Word of Yahweh, 2nd Edition, Assembly of Yahweh, 1017 N. Gunnell Road, Eaton Rapids, MI 48827
Dictionaries and Other Sources Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972, Keter Publishing House, P.O.B. 7145, Jerusalem, Israel, Vol. 7, pp. 680. The Interpreter's Dictionary, 1962, Vol. 4, pp. 923, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee. (Even the Jehovah's Witnesses agree that 'Yahweh' is more correct than Jehovah, though they continue to use the wrong name and the wrong bible.) = The Kingdom Interlinerary Translation of the Greek Scriptures, the Jehovah's Witnesses, The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc. Forward, pp. 23 (We do NOT recommend this bible, as they do not believe, and have changed their bible to read that Christ is not God, that Jesus and God does not come and live within, and that Hell does not exist.) Smith's Bible Dictionary, 1872 Edition Unger's Bible Dictionary, Merrill F. Unger, 1957 Moody Press, Chicago Illinois, pp. 413 (Baal) Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia, 1975, volume 2, pp. 690, Moody Press, Chicago Illinois. An auxiliary source of information is Salem Temple. C/O Rachel Garza or Pastor Mark. Address: 7419 East Brick School Road, Rock City, Illinois, 61070. Phone: (815) 449-2890. CONTACT INFORMATION
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