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Your Father’s Name

It is the greatest cover-up in all of human history. Many have lived their entire lives never realizing that their Father in heaven has a personal name that is a necessary part of proper worship. Some believe He answers to Jehovah. But that name has been soundly disproven. Today His true Name is being proclaimed and many are discovering it and realizing the necessity of calling on the only Name given to man for salvation. He Himself challenges us in Proverbs 30:4 by asking, “What is His Name and what is His Son’s Name if you can tell?” In this study we will show what the Heavenly Father’s actual name is, what His son’s Name is as well, and why knowing them by their revealed names is critically important for correct worship and … for salvation itself.

Do you want a personal relationship with the one you worship?” the evangelist bellowed to the crowd. “Do you want to know Him intimately and receive His blessings?” The crowd goes wild. “Then ask God to come into your heart.”

Hold on a minute. What’s wrong with this scene? How can you have a personal relationship with a generic label? Doesn’t closeness begin with a personal name? The Apostle Paul wrote, “For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth — as indeed there are many ‘gods’ and many ‘lords’,” 1Corinthians 8:5 (ESV). Even Satan is referred to by the common term “god”! Paul wrote, “…in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving…” 2Corinthians 4:4.

Using the same designation for our Creator that is used for the evil one, as well for false deities of the pagans, presents serious issues. Replacing His Name with a common title is identity theft.

The Third Commandment is explicit about the necessity of His true Name in our worship. “Thou shalt not take the name of Yahweh your Elohim in vain; for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” The word vain is the Hebrew shoaw and means emptiness, worthlessness, waste, ruin. Removal of His name brings it to a state of ruin and desolation.

To distinguish the Heavenly Father from other so-called deities, those who refuse to call on His Name are forced to add qualifying descriptions like “the great god,” and “the one and only true god.” By its very nature a title must be buttressed with many adjectives in order to nail down exactly who you mean. But a personal name easily solves this identity problem, and of course is entirely appropriate as well. He commands His people to call on His revealed, personal Name.

It should be obvious that the title “god” is a broad-spectrum, general term and is not capable of individual identification. Capitalizing it doesn’t change that.

We would have the same problem if every man in the world had his name replaced with the title “Mr.” Imagine this conversation: “Give this to Mr. for me, would you?”

“Uh, which Mr. do you mean? There are millions of them.”

“You know, the one true Mr., the only genuine Mr.”

Does this make sense?

The obvious purpose of a name is to distinguish one individual from another. That should go without saying, yet how many think about that simple fact when it comes to their Heavenly Father? They have been taught to call Him by a generic label, which He Himself says is unacceptable.

It is amazing that all religions are known by the name of the one worshiped … except Christianity. Anciently the god of the Akkadians was Marduk; the god of the Ammonites was Moloch; the god of the Greeks was Zeus; the god of the Romans was Jupiter; the god of the Moabites was Baal-peor; The god of the Muslims is Allah, and the god of the Christians is…God? Using a nondescript, indefinite, impersonal, nonidentifying title does not identify the One you worship! Capitalizing that title doesn’t turn it into a name, no more than capitalizing the title “mister” does.

By removing His Name from our Bibles and our worship we denigrate Him and bring Him down to the lowest common denominator. The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary explains: “[His] name reveals his character and salvation in which people may take refuge (Ps. 20:1; cf. Isa. 25:1, 56:6); to treat [His] name as empty is to despise his person (Ex. 20:7),” p. 747.

His One and Only Name

What then is the revealed, personal Name of the Creator of the universe as established in the Bible?

We’ll let Him tell us. In Isaiah 42:8 He said, “I am Yahweh: that is my name: and my honor will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.” He makes it crystal clear that He expects us to call on His personal Name Yahweh, which separates Him from the world of idols. He says that when you hear my Name that you will know it is I. When using His personal Name you don’t need to define who you mean. It is His personal identity. His Name tells it all. It also distinguishes His people when they call on Him in His Name.

In Isaiah 52:6 Yahweh thunders, “Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.”

The prophet said in Micah 4:5, “For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of Yahweh our Elohim for ever and ever.” In other words, all the other religions have a name for the one they worship, and so does the true one.

How important is His Name? Extremely. It is the ONLY name in the Bible that is called “holy” (see Lev. 20:3; Ps. 33:21; 103:1;105:3; 106:47; 145:21; Luke 11:2). Salvation comes only through His Name.

The Name “Yahweh” is becoming more widely known and acknowledged as His genuine Name. Theologians along with the general public are starting to catch up with Bible scholarship, textual proof, and historical fact, all of which reveal the truth of the Name Yahweh.

In this booklet we will show why His Name is Yahweh and His Son’s Name is Yahshua by using source manuscripts, scholarship, linguistics, etymology, and archaeology.

Coming to know His revealed, personal name is one of those gratifying “Ah-ha” moments that make you say, “Yes, of course, that makes perfect sense. Why wasn’t I told this before?” When He refers to His Name, He means His literal Name, not a common title or generic stamp. To those who say He has many names, Yahweh inspired this response, “That men may know that thou, whose name alone is YAHWEH, are the most high over all the earth,” Psalm 83:18.

Those other “names” that some may cite are just adjectives added to His Name to describe some aspect of Him, like Yahweh-Yireh (Yahweh will provide), Yahweh-Nissi (Yahweh my banner), Yahweh-Sabaoth (Yahweh of hosts), and Yahweh Zidkenu (Yahweh our righteousness). Other so-called “names” are just titles, like “Elohim,” “Lord,” and “Adonai.”

The Name Yahweh is from the Hebrew verb of existence hayah, meaning “I am.” Some scholars say it also means I will be whatever I want to be or need to be. He explained His Name and its significance in Exodus 3. In verse 15 He told Moses that His Name was a memorial to all generations. Memorial in Hebrew (zakar) means to mark, remember, mention.

Yahweh causes all things to exist, including us human beings, He is the self-existent One. He causes everything in the universe to be and He controls all of it. We exist because He exists. That is who “Yahweh” is.

Jehovah and the Letter J

His true Name Yahweh was cloaked through the centuries by the erroneous “Jehovah.” The name Jehovah is an impossibility because there was never a letter “J” or sound of a J in the Hebrew or Greek languages from which our Bible translations are derived. Not even the early 1611 King James English Bible used the letter J, but employed the letter “I” instead. In Psalm 68:4 it reads, “…extol him that rideth upon the heavens, by his Name IAH…” The letter J came into widespread use only 500 years ago, becoming the newest letter to join the English alphabet. Before its debut, the J had a Y sound and grew out of the vowel “i,” which is why the lower case “j” is dotted like the “i” and was given a hooked tail to distinguish it from the “i.”

The Encyclopedia Americana says, “The form of J was unknown in any alphabet until the 14th century.”

The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, agrees that the J is only a modification of the Latin I and dates back with a separate value only to the 15th century.

Funk and Wagnall’s Encyclopedia (1979 edition), volume 14, page 94 under “J,” states: “J, the tenth letter and seventh consonant in the English alphabet. It is the latest addition to the English script and has been inserted in the alphabet after I, from which it was developed…”

The Jewish Encyclopedia calls the word Jehovah “a philological impossibility.”

The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology says that Jehovah is an erroneous transliteration of the Hebrew name YHWH, “often represented as Yahweh” (1995).

In the preface to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible is the following statement: “The form Jehovah is of late medieval origin; it is a combination of the consonants of the Divine Name [YHWH] and the vowels attached to it by the Masoretes but belonging to an entirely different word. The sound of Y is represented by J and the sound of W by V, as in Latin. The word ‘Jehovah’ does not accurately represent any form of the Name ever used in Hebrew,” pp. 6-7.

The Moffatt Bible says in the preface about the Jehovah:

“Strictly speaking, this ought to be rendered ‘Yahweh,’ which is familiar to modern readers in the erroneous form of ‘Jehovah.’ Were this a version intended for students of the original, there would be no hesitation whatever in printing ‘Yahweh.’”

The name Jehovah is a synthetic blend. It even has a shocking aspect. The suffix hovah is No. 1943 in Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary and has the meaning of “ruin: mischief.” It is another form of No. 1942, havvah, which is translated “calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.” Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius says of No. 1943, hovah: “ruin, disaster.” No wonder the Rotherham Bible refers to the name Jehovah as a monstrous hybrid!

Even the Jehovah’s Witnesses acknowledge that the name Jehovah falls short. Their book, “Let Your Name Be Sanctified” freely admits on pages 16 and 18 that Yahweh is the superior translation of the Tetragrammaton.

Read One Way But Spoken Another

In an effort to protect the sacred Name from being pronounced and even profaned, ancient scribes added vowel points (code letters) from the title Adonai (“Lord” in English) to the four letters of His Name, YHWH, thereby prompting the reader to use the substitute term “Adonai” instead of “Yahweh.” Kohlenberger in his introduction to Hebrew-English explains this device as kethib-qere, meaning the name is written one way but is read or pronounced another way.

The Encyclopedia Judaica explains which vowels were used wrongly to transform Yahweh into Jehovah: “In the early Middle Ages, when the consonantal text of the Bible was supplied with vowel points to facilitate its correct traditional reading, the vowel points for Adonai with one variation—a sheva (short ‘e’) with the first yod [Y] of YHWH instead of the hataf-patah (short ‘a’) under the aleph of Adonai—was used for YHWH, thus producing the form YeHoWaH. When Christian scholars of Europe first began to study Hebrew they did not understand what this really meant, and they introduced the hybrid name ‘Jehovah’” (vol. 7, p. 680).
As the Judaica notes, by deliberately inserting the vowel sign for “e” into the first part of the Tetragrammaton, the short form of the Name “Yah” was rendered “Yeh.” Thus, the Jewish Masoretes effectively hid even the short form Yah of the sacred Name. It is this erroneous form “Yeh” that has survived to this day in “Jeh”ovah and most likely enters into the development of the erroneous form of the Son’s name, Je-sus, which we will see later.

The Encyclopaedia Britannica (Micropedia, vol. 10) corroborates. Under “Yahweh” we read, “The personal name of the [El] of the Israelites …The Masoretes, Jewish biblical scholars of the Middle Ages, replaced the vowel signs that had appeared above or beneath the consonants of YHWH with the vowel signs of Adonai or of Elohim. Thus the artificial name Jehovah (YeHoWaH) came into being.”

Another authority says this: “The pronunciation Jehovah was unknown until 1520 when it was introduced by [Petrus] Galatinus [Pope Leo X’s confessor] but was contested by Le Mercier, J. Drusius, and L. Capellus as against grammatical and historical propriety,”Emphasized Bible, Rotherham, p. 24.

(To learn more about the Hebrew alphabet and the practice of vowel pointing see “Hebrew Articulation” preceding Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary.)

The Reason for Hiding the Sacred Name

Why was His Name Yahweh avoided and hidden for millennia? Jewish religious leaders had an ultra-pious interpretation of Leviticus 24:16, which commanded that anyone who blasphemed Yahweh’s Name (did violence to it) should be stoned to death. They took that injunction and ramped it up, so that just pronouncing the Name constituted a serious offense. Ultimately, the Jews would not use the Name even in normal religious worship or exercises.

Another passage the Jews cite is Jeremiah 44:26, where Yahweh tells Judah not to use His Name in Egypt or foreign lands. Why did He say that? It was because they had worshiped the queen of heaven! It was a punishment for their sins. We have statements from Philo and Josephus around the time of Yahshua that this avoidance in uttering the name carried over into the New Testament as well.

What exactly happened in the New Testament and why aren’t most churches using the sacred Name today

Hiding the Name in the New Testament — Nomina Sacra

The Jewish belief that the name was not to be pronounced was picked up in the 2nd century C.E. by Greek translators and various Christian church leaders who continued the Jewish practice of Name substitution. They also adopted the notion that Adonai, translated Lord (kyrios in Greek), gave the Heavenly Father a universal character. Finally, the Jewish practice of avoiding the Name further evolved among Christians into the belief that the Name was no longer important and to use it was Judaizing.

The New Testament translators even mimicked the Hebrew scribal custom of adding vowel pointing to the Name to render it “Adonai” instead of Yahweh. This scribal practice carried over in the New Testament Greek and was known as nomina sacra (meaning “sacred names”). Specifically, the Greek letters kappa epsilon with a line above them were inserted for the sacred Name. Consequently, the reader would read “kurios” (Greek term for Lord) instead of the Name. All of the earliest Christian papyri exhibit the nomina sacra.

Bruce Metzger’s book, Manuscripts of the Greek Bible, lists 15 examples of these abbreviations from Greek papyri that were used for: God, Lord, Jesus, Christ, Son, Spirit, David, cross, Mother, Father, Israel, Savior, Man, Jerusalem, and Heaven (examples appear as found in KJV). Except for “mother,” which is not found until the 4th century CE, all other nomina sacra in Greek manuscripts from the first through third centuries CE. While scholars are still debating the purpose, some propose that this shortening of key words may have been used to replace the Tetragrammaton (see Ex. 3:15) with the common title Kurios (typically abreviated “KS” with a line above) in Greek Christian manuscripts.

This offers a likely explanation as to why Yahweh’s Name is missing from the Greek New Testament. In fact, in those places where the Tetragrammaton should appear, the definite article is missing in front of the nomina sacra. This conclusion is supported also by German scholar David Trobisch’s work, The First Edition of The New Testament. In the instance of a Hebrew or Aramaic NT original, this may also explain why the Greek title theos, typically (abbreviated “THS” with a line above), appears in place of the Hebrew [Elohim] (see Gen. 1:1).

Let’s now look at the oldest Bible manuscripts available to confirm that ‘the Heavenly Father’s Name was truly Yahweh.

‘Yahweh’ in the Original Text

In the Hebrew, which is the oldest text of your Bible, Yahweh’s Name is found in the form of the four letters (known as the Tetragrammaton) no fewer than 6,823 times. Those four letters are: yod, hay, waw, hay or YHWH in our alphabet. This four-lettered name is seen abundantly throughout the ancient Hebrew manuscripts, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest of the Bible manuscripts in existence.

Some believe that the correct pronunciation of Yahweh’s Name has been lost through the centuries. The Judaica says otherwise: “The true pronunciation of the name YHWH was never lost. Several early Greek writers of the Christian Church testify that the name was pronounced ‘Yahweh’” (Vol. 7, p. 680).

One of those was Clement of Alexandria, a Greek-speaking teacher in the early New Testament period (150-211 CE). He said, “The mystic name which is called the tetragrammaton … is pronounced Iaoue, which means, ‘who is, and who shall be’” (“How to pronounce ‘YHWH,’” Biblical Archaeology Review magazine, September/October 1994).

Already in the sixteenth century Mercerus suggested that the original pronunciation of the name was Yahwe (Anchor Bible note on Job).

The Schaff-Herzog 20th Century Encyclopedia says, “The pronunciation Yahweh of the Hebrew tetragrammaton need no longer be based on traditions preserved in late patristic sources. Both the vocalization yahwe and yahu (a shortened form used chiefly in personal names) are now confirmed by a variety of ancient Near Eastern inscriptional materials from the first and second millennia B.C,” pp. 1194-1195.

Others who confirm the correct rendition of the Tetragrammaton include Origen in his Hexapla (Greek revision of the Septuagint) and Jerome, who translated the Old Testament into Latin.

Rotherham’s Emphasized Bible says, “The true pronunciation seems to have been Yahwe (or Iahway, the initial I = y, as in Iachimo).” It notes that the e should be pronounced as the e in there, and the first h sounded as an aspirate (breathed letter).

For those who claim the Name should be Yahveh, the book, How the Hebrew Language Grew by Edward Horowitz, says, “The Yemenite Jews of Arabia who retain an ancient, correct and pure pronunciation of Hebrew still pronounce the (waw) as ‘w’ – as does Arabic, the close sister language of Hebrew.” The “v” developed much later through the Germanic, Yiddish influence in Europe.

The Missing Vowels Argument

Some misinformed individuals have claimed that the exact pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton is unknown because Hebrew lacks vowels. This is incorrect for several reasons. Hebrew indeed has vowels, but the vowels were just not written into the Hebrew text. If Hebrew had no vowels then the entire Old Testament could not be read out loud or spoken. The Hebrew speaker understood the correct pronunciation of each word because he knew the language and the sounds of the letters and their combinations.

Consider, we can decipher many English words through repeated usage, even with no vowels. For example, if we saw the letters “txt” we would read it “text” even without the vowel “e.” When it came to names, “Wllm” would be “William” and “Jhn” would signify “John.” As with Hebrew, we see the consonants and restore the proper vowels.

Later in the seventh century C.E. scribes called Masoretes added diacritical marks or vowel points to Hebrew words so that the correct pronunciation would be preserved. These scribes obviously knew how to pronounce Hebrew words! We have also seen how the wrong vowel points were purposely used to try to hide the name Yahweh.

No language can be spoken without vowels. Vowels are vocalized with the open mouth. It would be virtually impossible to pronounce words without vowels; all you could do with just consonants alone is make incomprehensible sounds (try pronouncing those last two words with their vowels removed: ncmprhnsbl snds). Acting as a built-in safeguard to preserve the correct pronunciation, the three letters of the Tetragrammaton (the H is repeated) are also used as vowel-consonants in Hebrew, much as our letter “Y” can be used as either a vowel or a consonant. The writings of Qumran show that in the first century that “Y” used as a vowel made the sounds I and E. In Hebrew the consonants Y, W, H, can serve as vowels, being called ‘mothers of reading’ (matres lectionis). When these consonants do double-duty as vowels they help in the pronunciation of many Hebrew words.

But there is yet more confirmation that Yahweh is the correct Name.

The Jewish priest and historian Josephus, who lived in the first century of the New Testament era, attests that the Tetragrammaton is made up of vowels. In writing of the Temple, he said about the high priest, “A mitre also of fine linen encompassed his head, which was tied by a blue ribbon, about which there was another golden crown, in which was engraven the sacred name [of Yahweh]; it consists of four vowels,” Wars of the Jews, Book 5, Chapter 5, section 7.

Being vowels, the letters of the Tetragrammaton spoken together are pronounced: EE-AH-OO-EH. Say them rapidly and you get “Yahweh.”

The personal, revealed Name Yahweh is attested in the prefaces of some Bibles. For example, the New Revised Standard Version says, “While it is almost, if not quite certain that the Name was originally pronounced ‘Yahweh’…’ Greek versions corroborate “Yahweh.”

Importance of His Name

In an effort to explain why a particular Bible version doesn’t use the Name Yahweh, some editors will waffle with a statement like, we use the substitute names and titles that readers are more familiar with—as if it didn’t matter to Yahweh Himself what we call Him.

Yahweh has a much different attitude about His personal Name, however. He told Moses to tell Israel in Exodus 3:15, “Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Yahweh Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”

Repeatedly He emphasizes the necessity of His Name. He said His Name alone is Yahweh forever, and it is not subject to alterations. He gives the command to “call on my name” in Psalm 99:6; we are told to declare His Name in Romans 9:17 andHebrews 2:2; to exalt His Name in Psalm 34:3 and Isaiah 2:4; to honor his name in Psalm 66:2, 4; to praise his Name in2Samuel 22:50; to remember His Name in Exodus 3:15; to sing to His Name in Psalm 9:1-2; to think on His Name in Malachi 3:16.; and in Deuteronomy 32:3 to publish His Name. In a critical passage He declares that there is salvation in no other name. Acts 4:12reads: “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Yahshua the Savior carries His father’s Name in His own, and therefore has the only Name that offers salvation. After reading what He Himself says, who can argue that substitute names and titles are just as acceptable to Him?

You can find the name Yahweh verified in nearly any common encyclopedia, in most dictionaries and in a host of Bible study references (look under “Yahweh,” “Lord” or “God”). It is restored in the modern text of some Bible versions, including the Jerusalem and New Jerusalem Bibles, The Anchor Bible, Rotherham’s Emphasized Bible, World English Bible, Holman Christian Standard Bible (50 times) and eight times in the New Living Translation and the Bible in Basic English. It is completely restored in our own Restoration Study Bible.

The Scriptures Confirm His Name Yahweh

Abundant evidence of the true Name exists within the Bible itself. Nicknames, which are often just shortened versions of the longer name, were used anciently as well as today. Abram was a shortened version of Abraham.

Yahweh also has a short form of His name, which is spelled by the first two letters of the Tetragrammaton, YH. The name “Yah” is found abundantly in the Hebrew manuscript sources of our Bible translations. It is even found in the King James Version inPsalm 68:4: “Sing unto Elohim, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.” The “J” was originally a “Y,” as corrected in Psalm 68:4 by the New King James Version.

Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance Hebrew dictionary No. 3050 has the entry Yahh, a contraction for 3068 [the Tetragrammaton, the Sacred Name].

The short form of Yahweh’s Name exists in many names of key Bible personalities. For example, it is found at the end of such names as Isaiah (IsaYah), Jeremiah (YeremYah), Hosea (HoseYah), Nehemiah (NehemiYah) and Hezekiah (HezekYah). The Anglicized “i-a-h” in these names is Y-a-h in the Hebrew. You can hear the “Yah” clearly when the name is spoken. But Yah also appears at the beginning of many names, as in Joel (Yah-el); Joash (Yah-awsh); Jonadab (Yah-nadab), Jochebed (Yah-chebed, mother of Moses), and Joanna (Yah-anna). This “Yah” or shortened form of Yahweh’s Name is also found in the common word of praise, halleluYah, a purely Hebrew term that
means “praise Yah.” Spelled hallelujah, it is still pronounced with the original Y sound—halleluyah—thus preserving the short form of His Name in a very well-established word.

Having His Name encoded in the names of notable Bible personalities is known as theophany. And there is one individual’s name in which assimilating the Father’s Name is absolutely critical — it is the Name of His Son the Messiah, the Savior of men

Our Savior’s True Name

In Exodus 23:21 we see a prophecy that the one sent to rescue Israel, and all of mankind as well, carries the Father’s Name within his own name. “Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name [is] in him.” This is a reference to the Savior Yahshua because only He is given the authority to pardon transgressions.

The last six words plainly state that the Father’s Name exists in the Son’s – “for my name [is] in him.” The Son affirmed that He literally bore His Father’s Name. “I am come in my Father’s name, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive,” John 5:43.

Some contend that this just means that He came in the authority of the Father. That is true, too. Yet, as we have seen with many noteworthy patriarchs and prophets, the short form of Yahweh’s Name, Yah, is literally found in their names. This is common in the Hebrew Scriptures. Should it not be even more essential that the Son would carry his Father’s name in His own, especially since He Himself said so and because they are Father and Son? Every son today inherits his father’s surname. If the father’s last name is Smith, so is the son’s. The Heavenly Father and Son also share the family Name, Yah, in their own names.

Virtually every name in Hebrew has a meaning. Our Savior’s earthly father Joseph was told by the angel to give His Son a name that signified salvation.

Notice, “But while he (Joseph) thought on these things, behold, the angel of Yahweh appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Yahshua: for he shall save his people from their sins,” Matthew 1:20-21.

The angel Gabriel also spoke to Mary regarding the name of her unborn son. Since Mary, or more correctly Miriam, was a Hebrew of the tribe of Judah (see Luke 1:27), Gabriel had to communicate to her in the Hebrew tongue, her native language. Had he spoken to her in Latin or Greek she would not have understood him. Whenever angels spoke to mankind in Scripture it was always in the Hebrew tongue.

“And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with Elohim. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Yahshua” (Luke 1:30-31).

The Messiah’s purpose was to save His people from the death penalty resulting from their sinful behavior IF they would turn to Him in repentance. The angel tied the son’s Name directly to salvation. You shall call Him this Name because He shall save His people. It can’t get any clearer! In Hebrew the word for salvation is hoshua. Because the Father’s Name is in the Savior’s Name, and knowing that His purpose was to bring salvation, we combine these two essential facts and the result is a name that means “Yahweh (Yah) is salvation” or “Yahshua.”

Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary shows how erroneous vowel pointing changes YAH to give YEH. You can see this by scanning through the entire column starting with “Yehovah.” In every name in this column, a shewa (:) appears under the Hebrew letter yod (y), and thereby the pronunciation in the prefix of all those names is changed to “YEH.” The proper vowel point should have been the hataf-patah (short ‘a’) to yield “YAH,” as the Judaica has explained.

Using the “e” instead of the proper “a” changes the critical family Name YAH, the first syllable of both Yahweh’s and Yahshua’s Names. This also explains how the “e” likely came about in the transformed name that became Jesus. The next letter in Jesus, “s,” results from the fact that Greek has no letter “h” and therefore no “sh” sound, only the hard “s” sound of the sigma. This was incorporated into the Latin text.

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology explains, “Iesous is the Greek form of the Old Testament Jewish name Yesua [Yahshua], arrived at by transcribing the Hebrew and adding an “s” to the nominative to facilitate declension.”

The final “us” in “Jesus” is the Greek nominative masculine singular ending. Matthew 1:8-11 contains the genealogy of Joseph’s line, where we can find similar examples of “s” added to produce Greek-inflected Hebrew names: Uzziah becomes Ozias; Hezekiah becomes Ezekias; Jonah becomes Jonas, etc. Ending a name with an “a” in Greek makes it feminine, so the Greek translators gave it a masculine “us” ending. Such errors among names in most versions can be traced to translators who failed to transliterate those names properly to bring the name sound for sound into the next language. Jesus is the English rendering of the Latin transliteration of the Greek word “Iesous” (pronounced ee-ay-sooce’). As we look into the origin and meaning of the Savior’s name we learn that the Latinized Greek name Jesus has no connection to His true Hebrew name.

Yahweh has bestowed on His Son the family Name, as we see in Philippians 2:9, “Wherefore Yahweh also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Yahshua every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Yahshua Messiah is Master, to the glory of Yahweh the Father.”

Our Savior’s Family Was Not Greek

A fundamental question about the Messiah’s Name is, why would His Hebrew parents Mary and Joseph call their child a Latinized Greek name, which also lacks any connotation of salvation? To do so would also violate what the angel told them to call their Son. Would an American couple living in Iowa give their child a Chinese name? Of course not. Chinese is not their race or culture. Neither would a Hebrew couple living in the heart of Israel name their child a Greek name like “Jesus.”

The Greek culture and language were foreign to the Jews in Israel. The invading Greeks were gentiles and were despised by most Hebrews living in the environs of Jerusalem at the time. There was no love between Jews and the pagan, Zeus-worshiping Helenists. The Greek ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes had grotesquely defiled the Hebrew’s temple by having a hog slaughtered on its altar and then dedicating the Temple to Zeus. This madman’s monstrous act was so egregious that it would parallel what the man of sin will one day do to devastate true worship prior to Yahshua’s return, Matthew 24:15.

The acts of Antiochus in forcing the worship of the Greek god Zeus on the Jews and killing tens of thousands of Hebrews incited the Maccabbean revolt. In Acts 21:26-29 Paul had upset the Jews by bringing Greeks into the temple, proving that Jews had no love for the heathen Greeks. It was for the Greek-speaking Jews outside of Israel in Gentile nations, mostly in Egypt, that the Septuagint Greek Scriptures were translated.

Was the New Testament Originally Greek?

Many believe that the apostles originally wrote the New Testament in Greek simply because Greek manuscripts are the oldest available. Internal and external testimony explodes the common myth of a Greek original. Consider that the Savior’s earthly parents were Jews, Semitic people in the Hebrew nation of Israel. The Savior’s avowed purpose was to take the truth of the Word to the house of Israel. He chose Hebrew apostles to help in His ministry. He taught and worked almost exclusively in the central region of Israel, mostly around Galilee. He spoke Hebrew or the close sister tongue Aramaic as did everyone else in Galilee. Everything about Him exhibited the Semitic tongue Hebrew, including His Name.

The reason so much of worship — even today— reflects a Grecianized, Romanized flavor is that these cultures transformed the early New Testament faith when they absorbed the Hebrews into their western society. Because of this, many key New Testament teachings today do not reflect what they were in the year 30 CE. (Request the booklet, Astonishing Bible Truths That Your Church Never Taught.)

Joshua and Yahshua Share Virtually the Same Name

Another eye-opening link to the actual name of our Savior is the Old Testament name Joshua. If you replace the more recent letter “J” in Joshua’s name with the original “Y,” you have the pronunciation “Yahshua” (try it—say Joshua out loud, now say it again using the proper Y instead of J). There is an equivalency between the Savior’s name and the Old Testament name Joshua, as indicated in several Scriptures.

The first of these is Jeremiah 23:5, which prophesies, “Behold, the days come, saith Yahweh, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.”

This “Branch” with a capital “B” in the KJV is a clear reference to Yahshua the Messiah, who came from King David’s line. Note that this Branch is called righteous, that He shall reign as king, and that he will judge the earth. That can only point directly to the returning Messiah.

But now let’s see how truly illuminating this Branch metaphor is. Who else is associated with this designation “Branch”?

The prophet Zechariah in 6:11-12 wrote: “Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set [them] upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Yahweh of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name [is] The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of Yahweh.” It is the name Joshua that is associated with “the Branch.” Through this Branch epithet we see that both the high priest Joshua and the Messiah share the same Name.

But there is still more confirmation connecting the name Joshua to the Savior’s name.

When Bible translators brought the New Testament Greek translation over into the English, they substituted the sacred Names rather than transliterated them as they should have done. Two examples are Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8.

Acts 7:45 reads, “Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom Elohim drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David.”

Hebrews 4:8 reads, “For if Jesus had given them rest then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.”

Both verses refer to Joshua, the leader of Israel in the Old Testament who succeeded Moses and led Israel into the promised land. Yet, here He is called “Jesus”! Clearly this was a mistake by translators, and a very revealing error at that.

It demonstrates that when translators came across the name Yahshua in the New Testament, that they automatically changed it to the Latinized Greek substitute, Jesus. The Bible itself warns against adding to or taking from the Word. In Deuteronomy 4:2 we hear Yahweh’s warning about changing the text in any manner:

Explicit Meaning in the Name

We read in Acts 4:12, “There is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Changing His Name is serious business and even impacts salvation. Names in Hebrew are tightly wrapped in their own meanings. Changing Yahshua’s name is not only identity theft, but it also alters His purpose for coming. He has gone from “Yahweh’s Salvation” to a name void of any innate meaning, showing again that Jesus is not Hebraic because Hebrew names have meaning.

The Savior Yahshua came to offer salvation. That is what Yah-shua means in the Hebrew. Act 4:12 tells us there is salvation in no other name. No Latinized-Grecian name or substitute title has that significance.

In his book, The God of Two Testaments, author Robert Brent Graves writes, “…the rendering of ‘Savior’ only gives part of the Hebrew meaning. In the original Hebrew, ‘Joshua’ literally means ‘Yahweh saves’ or ‘Yahweh-Savior’! For the first syllable of ‘Joshua’ in the Hebrew is Yah, an abbreviated form of Yahweh…” Graves further observes that Yahweh “has literally stamped upon the Messiah’s Name (1) His own name—Yahweh and (2) His own title—Savior.”

The Anchor Bible note on Matthew 1:1 reads: “Jesus. The word is the Greek rendering of a well-known Hebrew name. It was Yahoshu first, then by inner Hebrew phonetic change it became Yoshua, and by a still northern dialectal shift, Yeshua.” This reference goes on to say that the first part of the name, Yahu equals Yahweh, while the second comes from shua, “to help, save.”

Kittle’s Theological Dictionary of the New Testament reveals through the Hebrew that the name Yahoshua was shortened after the exile. The shortened form Yahshua was in vogue at the time of His birth.

Benjamin Wilson’s Emphatic Diaglott says in the appendix under “Jesus”—”This name is composed of YAH, or JAH, I shall be and SHUA, Powerful;–“I shall be the Powerful.” Hence he is “mighty to save, and strong to deliver,” and will “save his people from their sins.

Eusebius, third-century scholar of the Biblical canon, noted that the Son’s name means the salvation of Elohim. “For Isoua among the Hebrews is salvation, and among them the son of Nun is called Joshua; and Iasoue is the salvation of JAH,” Ibid.

The Apostle Paul wrote in Philippians 2:10-11: “That at the name of Yahshua every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Yahshua Messiah is Sovereign, to the glory of Yahweh the Father.”

Man Decides Instead of Yahweh

Ancient Bible manuscripts from which your Bible was translated show the sacred names, but translators failed to carry them over and instead replaced them. Remarkably, they left many other Hebrew names virtually unchanged, such as: Satan, David, Abraham, Eleazar, Immanuel, Rachel, Joseph, Barabbas, Martha, and Tabitha.

It is fundamental to understand that names are not translated. Nor are specific names changed in going from language to language. Instead, the sound of a name is brought over from one language to another. William Smith is William Smith no matter where he goes in the world. His name isn’t translated or changed. He signs his credit card “William Smith” in every foreign country he is in. He answers to the name William Smith whether in France, Russia or Zimbabwe. When a dignitary from Russia or China visits the U.S., American newscasts pronounce his name the same as in his native language. Who would ever ask for the English equivalent of Vladimir Putin or the English version of Chinese leader Hu Jintao? Clearly, no one, because there is no English version. The same goes for the Father’s Name. It is the same worldwide in every language.

The Lord God?

The shocking negligence in the way the sacred Name was handled through the centuries was even prophesied in such passages asJeremiah 23:27, saying, “Their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.” Baal equals “Lord” according to the Hebrew lexicon. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names confirms that Baal is used in the Bible as “L-o-r-d.” The Companion Bible’s note onIsaiah 46:1 says of Bel: “Abbreviation of Baal=lord” (see note on Num. 25:3). You have forgotten my name for Lord, Yahweh foretold through the prophet.

Besides its connection to Ba’al, our English word “Lord” itself is a contraction of two words meaning “keeper of the loaf” (bread). It is from the Old English hlaford (hlaf=bread and weard=guardian (American Heritage Dictionary). Is it proper to use such a term for the Mighty One of the universe?

“God” comes from Old English gheu(d), “to pour” (American Heritage Dictionary). The Oxford English Dictionary adds that god also means to “pour as in a molten image.” Paul says there are many lords and many gods. We reduce Yahweh to just another common deity when we replace His Name with their titles. Doing so also changes His identity. He thunders in Isaiah 42:8, “I am Yahweh: that is my name: and my honour will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.”

When you reduce Yahweh to a simple title—one that makes Him into a broad-spectrum, ambiguous and impersonal persona, you also water down his worship by the same measure. A one-size-fits-all belief goes along with a generic deity. Nothing specific is required when you worship a no-named mighty one. That’s modern worship in a nutshell, honoring a generic title with general worship and nonspecific behavior.

When you worship “Yahweh,” however, your worship takes on an identity as it comes under the mandates of the Creator Himself. It is to be conducted in very specific ways. His people adhere to the requirements of the covenant promise He made through His personal Name. That is why He established His Name in the very first of the Ten Commandments, so that Israel would understand that they were worshiping only Him exclusively; specifics of His unique worship will now be required of them. Exclusive worship in His one and only Name extends all the way to the end of the Bible. Concerning the 144,000, Revelation 14:1 says: “Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.”

The Price of Concealment

The one who owns the Name repeatedly commands that He be called by His Name and worshiped in that name.

Is it just a coincidence that the distinguished Philadelphia congregation, the most faithful end-time assembly, has not denied His Name? (Rev. 3:10).

Although Hebrew manuscripts of the Old Testament show His Name correctly, most Christian Bibles substitute “the LORD,” “the Lord GOD,” or “LORD of hosts.” (The Tanak uses the word “HASHEM” or the phrase “the Lord HASHEM/Elohim” instead of the Name “Yahweh.”)

This is by far the greatest cover-up in all of history by those who know better. It explains why so few Bible students know Yahweh’s Name today—as well as the True Worship that goes along with His covenant Name.

Most churchgoers have never heard Yahweh’s Name mentioned from the pulpit. A reasonable person would think that at some point most ministers would have turned on to the host of commands in the Bible associated with Yahweh’s Name and would have shown the truth about it to their congregations. Any sincere minister would teach this truth they learned in seminary, especially in light of the 7,000 times His Name appears in the Old Testament manuscripts. But it has yet to happen on a large scale. The age-old suppression of the Name has latent power. Tradition is a powerful force to reckon with.

What more does it take for Yahweh to prove to man that He has a personal Name by which He expects to be called and worshiped? Does He need to reveal His Name 7,000 more times before people begin to see its importance? He says over and over again how critical His true Name is to proper worship.

He Commands His Name Be Honored

Yahweh tied His promises, His covenant, and salvation to His Name. He commands His people to call on His true Name as part of His worship. “That men may know that thou, whose name alone is YAHWEH, art the most high over all the earth,” Psalm 83:18. It is nothing short of stunning that so few clergy are willing to teach this key salvation truth!

But some might ask, when it all comes down to it, does it really matter? Doesn’t He know who I mean anyway?

We’ll let Yahweh Himself answer that.

He says in Malachi 2:1-2: “And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Yahweh of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.” Refusal to call on His true name is a condition of the heart. It says to Him you have no real desire to honor Him in all things. He says you are not completely true to Me if you can’t even honor me by my Name.

The issue is, does He “know who you mean” when your worship also fails to live up to what He expects? Both His worship and His people are tied to Him through His Name. It is not just a matter of knowing or even just using His Name. It is also about aligning your worship and your life with all that His Name signifies, because His Name defines Him. This is clear in Exodus 6:3: “And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of El Shaddai, but by my name Yahweh was I not known to them.” This is a Hebrew idiomatic expression that means Yahweh’s Name was not yet revealed in its fullness through the sustaining and saving acts that He would eventually perform for Israel.

According to the Apostle Peter, our very salvation is through the Name Yahshua. Consider what he tells us in Acts 2:37-38. “When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what shall we do?’ Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Yahshua Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’”

Yahshua warned in Matthew 7:22, “Many will say to me in that day, Sovereign, Sovereign, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”

Iniquity is sin. Sin is defined as lawbreaking, 1John 3:4. Along with knowing and using His name is the obedience that goes with it. Living a unique life of obedience is what He means by giving glory to His Name.

Those who honor His name will receive the blessings of life everlasting as they call on the only name that offers salvation. Acts 4:12says, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

What about you? Will you honor the One you worship by honoring His personal name? Will you be among the select ones who eagerly embrace what they have learned and submit to His Name in worship? That is what He expects of His followers. The first commandment says, I am Yahweh, you shall have none other mighty ones before me. If you honor Him by His personal, revealed Name, He will bless you as well.

Some will say: He has many names; He knows who you mean anyway; one name is as good as another; I speak English not Hebrew; His name just means his authority, and the pronunciation of His Name was lost. Each of these is soundly and decisively refuted by Yahweh Himself as well as by linguistic fact.

The Name Before Moses

Some believe that Yahweh’s Name was not known before He revealed it to Moses in Exodus, and therefore it cannot apply to all people. The following verses from Genesis reveal the error of this argument and show that Yahweh’s Name was indeed known by the patriarchs and used long before Moses:

►Eve called on His Name – Genesis 4:1

► Abraham called on the Name Yahweh – Genesis 12:8; 14:22; 15:2, 7; 21:33; 24:3;

► Abimelech used Yahweh’s Name – Genesis 20:4

► Isaac called upon Yahweh’s Name – Genesis 26:25

► Yahweh revealed His Name to Jacob – Genesis 28:13

► Anciently men “began to call on the Name Yahweh” – Genesis 4:26

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HUW THOMAS
HUW THOMAS
7 years ago

It was a joy to discover your page on The Names and Titles of Deity. It confirmed what I have had revealed to me since my conversion on July 17th, 1999 @ 10:30 am. There is one matter on which we differ and that is the origin of the word God. Tyndale spent some time in the company of Luther had Luther had given us the term Gott instead of Elohim. Gott is a worshipful term that Northern Germanic tribes used to call idols. It finds its root in two other words “gut” being one and the other cannot be… Read more »

monica dober
monica dober
Reply to  HUW THOMAS
6 years ago

i read that the church was infiltrated and they removed YAHWEH & YAHSHUA from the bible and replaced it with diabolical terms like LORD really refers people praying to BA’AL… and GOD refers to GAD or gadre’el ( the true name of satan, lucifer, etc found in book of enoch). So masses unintentionally give power & praise to false dieties…only use YHWH

Victor H
Victor H
Reply to  monica dober
5 years ago

This whole page is in error regarding the Heavenly Father and His name is Lord. YAHWEH is a pagan name see Wikipedia and In the King James Version of the Bible His name is Lord nowhere is YAHWEH or YHWH mentioned
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh
https://youtu.be/BLgshZe4T8w

Gloria Tyndall
Gloria Tyndall
Reply to  YRM
4 months ago

HalleluYAH Yahweh 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏🤭🤭🤭😁😁😁😁❤️❤️❤️ Look what Yah has done in Colossians 1:13 “ He has Rescued us from the Kingdom of darkness and Translated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.”

Torah Jo
Torah Jo
Reply to  Victor H
5 years ago

Blanket statements help no one. If the sources used in this article are in error, then please share your “correct” information with credible sources and make your case why the scholarship quoted is incorrect. Yahweh is attested to by much scholarship. The Nag Hammadi, Samaritans, and even the Dead Sea scrolls attest to the short form Yahw in Greek. Hebrew names like Jeramiah, Isaiah and even Hallelujah clearly contain the short form, theophoric element from Yahweh (yes it’s ok to look that word up).

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Faith
Faith
6 years ago

Thank you for the info on the Name of Yahweh. Kindly help me understand what it means to be called by the Name of Yahweh as seen in the verse that says “if my people who are called by my name…”

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Cary
Cary

It has been understood by me that “ancient” Hebrew was similar to Sanskrit and only had “one” vowel, basically “a” as in “ah”. The only other being the vowel “i” as in the “eye” pronunciation which even had an eye-like symbol. That is why there was not a great need to use vowels in print since it was just one sound. Which makes total sense as to why the early Jews could switch the name of God to ” LORD” and such, because if there was no other God but Yah, there was no way that the early Jews believed… Read more »

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David Mario Nocera.
David Mario Nocera.
6 years ago

I WILL TELL YOU THE MOST LOGICAL SOLUTION TO FIND OUT WHAT IS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER’S NAME. 1. PRAY TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER PERSONALLY WHAT IS HIS NAME. 2. SOMETHING ELSE THAT I HAVE LEARNED LATELY IS IT IS NOT NAME BUT CHARACTER, ESSENCE, TITLE. 3. SINCE OUR SAVIOR CAME AND WAS SENT IN HIS FATHER’S, THEN HIS WOULD BE LINKED TO THE HEBREW VERB HAYAH, FOR IT IS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER’S LINKED TO HAYAH, WHICH HAS THE MEANING OF I EXIST. This is what I have learned lately, praying to our HEAVENLY FATHER. It is really not hard, for… Read more »

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Walt
Walt
5 years ago

Pronouncing the name was the issue. Many do not want any to know it. But, it is to be proclaimed. He can tell any individually His name without man, just His Word or means He chooses. There is a name that is common, based in the Word we are commanded to use. That is for the Children that are His own. However, the Jews and many knew the name whom were the Pharisees and leaders at the time. yet, He condemned them. We must seek to understand that it is not what we know, it is rather, if He knows… Read more »

Michael Tuczynski
Michael Tuczynski
5 years ago

Someone please tell me: if God IS love, and Yahweh is God….why did he kill.or have killed so many in the old testament. Has anyone ever noticed that…so are you following a murderer? Why would he Yahweh, put a commandment to Not Kill, and then break that commandment himself? Was it truly Yahweh who did these things? If so I dont see how this God lines up with the Father Yashua told us about! Or lastly, did someone impersonate the true God to cause confusion, and error? Blessings to all, food for study!

Lynnney
Lynnney
Reply to  Michael Tuczynski
2 years ago

hi Michael ~ I realize your post is two years old but was compelled to reply. In studying the old testament, did you notice the circumstances when someone met their demise? Perhaps write down the facts of what happened in each situation, and study it to see what it reveals. Blessings to you as well.

Gloria Tyndall
Gloria Tyndall
Reply to  Michael Tuczynski
4 months ago

It was Jews verses Gentile . Jews had to live by the commandments and Yah blessed them and dealt with their enemies and oppositions. We are under the “ Grace Dispensation” because of the blood of YahOshua( Yahshua ) that speaks a better covenant than that of Avel” So his blood Appeases Yahweh all day long. We thank Yahweh for the continuous atoning blood of Yahshua 🩸🙏🙏🙏

Nancy
Nancy
5 years ago

Wow! and here I thought the real names were Yahuah, Yahushuah and Ruach Hakadesh

Erwin
Erwin
5 years ago

If its wrongful to use letter “J” because it doesn’t exist in the Hebrew or Greek alphabet then what should the book of “James” be called and why use such names as Jacob, Judah, Jerusalem, Jesus?. For example, “This is clear in Exodus 6:3: “And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of El Shaddai, but by my name Yahweh was I not known to them.” ”
YOU CONTRADICT YOURSELF.

Gloria Tyndall
Gloria Tyndall
Reply to  YRM
4 months ago

Yahweh is continuous and he delivered the Jews and” Yah has Rescued us from the domain of Darkness and transferred us to the Kingdom of his dear Son “ Colossians1:13

David C Blackman
David C Blackman
4 years ago

There is great danger in revealing the Lords real name if you know it and is why the Jews refuse to use it or keep it to themselves. In Magic to know a Demons real name gives the person who knows it power over that Demon. Do you think you can have power over G-d? Likewise the real name of God is sacred and divine. Humans cannot pronounce it. Also if it is in common use other can desecrate G-d’s real name. So the Jews if they know it keep the Lords name secret. Jesus in the Lords prayer gave… Read more »

Apostolo
Apostolo
4 years ago

הַלְּלוּיָהּ! hallelujah! ἀλληλούϊα! I read your extremely well written study and I would like to comment about…”Being vowels, the letters of the Tetragrammaton spoken together are pronounced: EE-AH-OO-EH. Say them rapidly and you get “Yahweh.” I am native Greek speaker and although I am not a specialist in ancient Greek language when I hear “EE-AH-OO-EH” and especial when I replace the double e (EE) with its pronunciation in english(e.g. trEE) and the same for double o (oo) I hear “EE-AH-OO-EH” which in Greek means something like “is what/where was” (ee a ou e). Perhaps you should consider the possibility that… Read more »

Jim
Jim
Reply to  Apostolo
4 years ago

Why does the second “Hey” become “EH” and not “AH” as the first?

Should it not me “EE-AH-OO-AH” or Yahuah?

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Rodney
Rodney
4 years ago

Thats right i said my name is in the fathers name Yah am the Wey in that name just like my name now Whaley. YHWH IS THE FIRST AND LAST. They tried to hid the truth the light and the only way.

Timothy l Foden
Timothy l Foden
3 years ago

There over 1000 thousand names for our Heavenly Father of simply Abba. But his earliest recorded name is PAAL-EA-DAUS, meaning “Place of Our Lord Father the Creator” another was simply deaus means simply who we know as Jesus remember there was no J in the ancient Sumerian and other alphabet. The J, is a Greek letter among others. Now let’s look at the Hebrew word for God Yahweh this is only a title and it means simply I am the way. All the names are simply titles that various religions give him. Just a tidbit of info to blow your… Read more »

Bil Kang Bol
Bil Kang Bol
3 years ago

I really appreciate the end time prophecy of Yahweh , that yuh preaches.

Havilah
3 years ago

Shalom brothers and sisters! It is very exciting to see all of the digging into the scriptures!! HalleluYEH! May Yehueh lead and guide you! May Yehueh bless you and keep you may HIS face shine upon you and give you HIS Peace!??

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Jan
Jan
3 years ago

His Name is ”Yehovah”. 2400 plus manuscripts with the correct 3 vowels have been discovered and verified by Nehemiah Gordon, a Jewish scholar who has done work on the Dead Sea scrolls and Hebrew manuscripts. Check out his excellent work on ”Yehovah”. The vowels of Adonai do not fit the name at all. And ”Yahweh” only has 2 vowels which in itself makes this word incorrect.

John Simon
John Simon
2 years ago

This article brings out some great reasons to seek and use the Holy Names of Abba Yah and His Word made flesh, and while there are conflicting vies on this important knowledge, He knows who loves Him, AND who goes the extra mile, to dig past all the deceptions Satan covers truth with. I have studied on the Holy name-the TETRAGRAMITON ~ YHUH for a while now,and I have found that the letter W is a later derivative of the letter U(two U’s makes a double U-W) and so to return to the original holy name of Abba YaHUaH, we… Read more »

Jude Quirk
Jude Quirk
2 years ago

I have a question. If the “J” didn’t exist, then what were John’s, Jame’s, Joseph’s…..names?

Steve
Steve
Reply to  YRM
8 months ago

How can it be Jacob if there are no “J”s?

Marrian Stinson
Marrian Stinson
2 years ago

I am an ancient Biblical Historian and my faith is SDA, not a denomination. I keep the Sabbath all the Commandments and Holy Convocations days and not pagan feast days! Adventist means I am looking forward to the Advent of YAHSHUA!

ASA TAYLOR
ASA TAYLOR
Reply to  Marrian Stinson
2 years ago

did you know that sda church hospitals have been aborting baBIES SINCE 1970? EVEN THOUGH E. G. WHITE, JAMES WHITE AND OTHERS WERE AGAINST THE PRACTISE. THIS DESTROYS THEIR WITNESS.AND FOR MONEY.COMMANDMENT KEEPERS? THE HEALTH MESSAGE? YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT YOUR DEEDS ARE EVIL.

Larry Lepire
2 years ago

I’m in agreement with the use of our Fathers name, Yahweh and His son Yahshua. That said I believe the Sacred Name and Hebrew Roots movements put too much emphasis on His name. That’s why He said to call Him Abba or father, a term of personal endearment. I know my mom and dads names but seldom use them or refer to them on any situation other than formal or legal matters. Instead we know Yahweh by His great love toward us, initiated by Yahshua’s sacrifice for us and ongoing through His guidance, protection and provision. Yashua taught us the… Read more »

Larry Lepore
Reply to  YRM
2 years ago

Your reply is another sad example of what’s wrong in the body of Christ today. Surely I can understand why you’d go off on a such a tangent regarding such a simplistic issue, your entire doctrine is based upon one thing, Gods name. It’s quite obvious to anyone who reads through this diatribe that your menagerie of words is meant to overcome your shortcomings in applying Gods word to your every action. Where is the love by which we are told we will know the brethren? Nonexistent from what I can see here. Instead of finding common ground with your… Read more »

Larry Lepore
Reply to  YRM
1 year ago

So now you claim to be a better translator then 47 of the most learned men of their time, fluent in all biblical languages, prior to translating the KJV? The edits to the KJV were punctuation and typos…that’s it. Then you have the audacity to compare it to the NIV which was translated from corrupt manuscripts while unbelievers and gay men worked on that translation committee? You obviously know nothing about the KJV translation and even less about the NIV or other corrupt modern translations. And what a prideful statement to think that you are correcting errors in Gods word.… Read more »

Larry Lepore
Reply to  YRM
1 year ago

I’m inventing things…lying? Seriously? Wasn’t it you that quoted from the versions listed below?…excuse me if it wasn’t the NIV….what’s the difference, these modern streams are all corrupt. Then you claim the KJV had multiple mistakes…which apparently you were wise enough to find and correct for us?? As if you are somehow more qualified then all the KJV translators? God said he would preserve His word forever…where did He do that? In your mind only? If anyone needs to repent that would be you. Mostly what I have witnessed on your site are mean-spirited putdowns of well-meaning seekers. Try a… Read more »

Larry Lepore
Reply to  YRM
4 months ago

Time to put away the foolish pride, repent and start learning the Truth.

My KJV Bible has 823, 543 words in it. That’s 7^7 or 7x7x7x7x7x7x7. Sounds pretty perfect to me.

How many in your version?

https://youtu.be/fSl_7q0M2fE?feature=shared

Lawrence Lepore
Lawrence Lepore
Reply to  YRM
3 months ago

If you “study to shew thyself approved…” you might understand that God stated he would preserve His word, 7 times. Psalm 12 The KJV/Cambridge version is the 7th purification. There’s no longer any need for perfection, God has already accomplished that…without your help. 7x7x7x7x7x7x7…is how many words are in my Bible. Do you think your bible can hold up to that mathematical standard of perfection? If you bothered to watch the link I shared you’d have learned an incredible number of mathematical confirmations only found within the KJV….including but not limited to the name of Jesus. In addition, there are… Read more »

Gloria Tyndall
Gloria Tyndall
Reply to  Larry Lepore
4 months ago

You are talking about Ephesians 6 . Two different topics . “The Words of the Lord are spirit and life.” Under the new Covenant word is the sword Yahshua fought the devil with the Words of Yah . So we too have to speak the Words of the Lord . Well we need to know Yahweh name and salvation is in his name ( Yahshua ). These are fundamental truths that are needed before we can truly serve Yah.

Larry Lepore
Reply to  YRM
4 months ago

My father’s name in English is Leonard, in Italian it’s Leonardo…here it is in Hebrew, לֵאוֹנַרְד.

He, just like Yahweh, will answer to either version. He even answers people who don’t know His name…imagine how much moreso the Creator of the Universe will do likewise?

Lawrence Lepore
Lawrence Lepore
Reply to  YRM
3 months ago

Nobody is suggesting that we ought to disrespect or ignore Yahweh, His son or His name…and if anyone is playing games here it is you. Instead you have raised the issue to a level that is totally uncalled for, even suggesting that people who don’t use it, are out of His will, or even possibly unsaved. That’s ludicrous. And to proceed beyond that point, creating your own Bible with His name implanted wherever you think it’s necessary, is way over the top. Once again I point you to scripture and prayerfully ask you to reconsider your prideful stance. I will worship… Read more »

YAHvon
YAHvon
2 years ago

Can you clarify Exodus 4 22 please. Todah!!

YAHvon
YAHvon
Reply to  YRM
2 years ago

Thanks for the reply. Can you clarify Deuteronomy 24:16 please?

shirley Beavan
shirley Beavan
2 years ago

following your ministry , wish there was a congregation in St. Mary’s county MD

Hubert Meulens
Hubert Meulens
2 years ago

The name of God is a servant/medium leading you to the right person but by itself is not the person. But if you really know the person you’re addressing, do you really believe that person to be so nitty gritty in responding “ my friend I’m not that person you’re looking for because you’re using a “j” instead of a “y” in using my name?. Do you really believe the true God who shed his precious blood for you is such a person and is gonna say: Sorry my friend you didn’t use my name correctly, therefore even my grace… Read more »

Bruce Lyon
Bruce Lyon
2 years ago

In the ancient Hebrews manuscipts the name of God is Yehovah not Yahwey. Ask any person who is a Karaite Jew: Note: Karaism is the original form of Judaism as prescribed by God in the Torah. Karaite Judaism rejects later additions to the Tanach (Jewish Bible) such as the Rabbinic Oral Law and places the ultimate responsibility of interpreting the Bible on each individual. Karaism does not reject Biblical interpretation but rather holds every interpretation up to the same objective scrutiny regardless of its source. Because they lived in Persia for the most part for centuries they were not under… Read more »

Diana Sutton
Diana Sutton
1 year ago

This has been weighing heavy on my heart for some time!! What great confirmation from Yahweh. What a beautiful name!!
but also so sad, how many have been deceived!

Wayne Hinds
Wayne Hinds
1 year ago

I am bless with the knowledge that i got from reading your booklets, and have started to teach others about these truths that were hidden

STEVEN BURNS
STEVEN BURNS
1 year ago

I AM LOOKING HARD TO PROVE Jesus Christ name is not the true Saviors name. YAHWEH THE FATHER OF HEAVEN YAHSHUA came to earth in his name I know its not Jesus name, Blasphemy to call YAHWEH’S Son Jesus. Please help me with Proof!

Justin or Yadin
Justin or Yadin
Reply to  STEVEN BURNS
1 year ago

Y just know that it is did he not say i wish you hot or cold 4 i will spew out the luke warm PRAISE YAHWEH

Tracy
Tracy
1 year ago

So what Bible can we read with Jesus correct name in it

micheal menard
1 year ago

well i am still gonna follow the writing that yhwh gave the son a name that is above all other names and the only name that is above all other name is yhwh , there is no way the father would give a name above his own to anyone. that does alot of explaining when the son was asked who he was and they retaliated with blasphemy….. this one being just a man makes himself yhwh . i know everybody has an explanation about that writing. but a child is supposed to understand these writings . well before the lying… Read more »

Steve
Steve
8 months ago

Actually, God, Lord, etc., are used because the name of God is everything and many. How can you overlook: El Shaddai (Lord God Almighty) El Elyon (The Most High God) Adonai (Lord, Master) Nissi (The Lord My Banner) Raah (The Lord My Shepherd) Rapha (The Lord That Heals) Shammah (The Lord Is There) Tsidkenu (The Lord Our Righteousness) Mekoddishkem (The Lord Who Sanctifies You) El Olam (The Everlasting God) Elohim (God) Qanna (Jealous) Jireh (The Lord Will Provide) Shalom (The Lord Is Peace) Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts) Also, you do a disservice to Jesus by claiming there is only one name to come to Yahweh. The name of Jesus stands out as a name above all… Read more »

Steve Roberson
Steve Roberson
Reply to  YRM
5 months ago

What’s ironic to me is that you can’t see your own contradiction. Let me copy and paste one set of scriptures above: Bless His Name. Psalms 145:21: My mouth shall speak the praise of Yahweh: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. Praise His Name Psalm 69:30 I will praise the name of Elohim with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. NO matter how you try to manipulate it, there are two names there. Yahweh and Elohim. Are they synonyms? Yes. But so are the others. THE NAME is His name because he… Read more »

Larry Lepore
Reply to  YRM
5 months ago

Instead of causing discension by quarelling with the brethren about Gods name, ehy don’t you go out and share the gospel far and wide.

That would be far more productive and in line with scriptural directives.

Gloria Tyndall
Gloria Tyndall
Reply to  YRM
4 months ago

I praise Yah for the revelation . We are to call Yahweh by his name also Yah sent the angel to Miriam to tell what the name of the Child will be called . Even Jews spelled his name with a Yeh to disassociate from YAhweh.

Gloria Tyndall
Gloria Tyndall
Reply to  Larry Lepore
4 months ago

Our Ancestors translated , and transliterated the Scribes words . All the Scribes were Jewish and all of their names were changed . To me it is a wrong doing to change people names Especially Yah ‘s name and his Son’s name but only Yahweh can judge for he knows the truth. One thing if you have Gold and changed it by melting it at the end it is still gold, No matter what. I hope this will apply for the souls that died and did not know his Jewish name but they knew that “ Salvation is of the… Read more »