So Jehovah Doesn't Exist...

Omni_Skittles · 10-07-2008, 09:38 PM

The word anyways.... I learned this in Theology... It's kind of cool...

The pronunciation Jehovah
This pronunciation "Jehovah" is considered grammatically impossible by some
Early English translators, unacquainted with or in opposition to Jewish tradition, read this word as they would any other word, and transcribed "Iehouah" (1530 A.D.), "Iehovah" (1611 A.D.), or "Jehovah" (1671 A.D.).

In Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890 A.D.), James Strong transliterated יְהֹוָה as Yehovah.

So basically a bunch of translators screwed up the vowel system of Hebrew... Like there were no "written vowels" until a time ago when they thought that the language would be lost if they didn't put in ways to pronounce it... so.. basically the squiggly things are the way you pronounce vowels... so yeah isn't that funny... I learned this in Intro to Theology...

Ted · 10-08-2008, 07:31 PM

As I recall the direct transliteration is "YHWH" pronounced Yahweh.

The real question is "Does God care what we call Her/Him/It?" God has a thousand names.

Shalom
Ted

fuzzy butt · 10-08-2008, 11:49 PM

It's just a universal recognised title . To set the Hebrew Christian god apart from the others. If you look in all bibles /most bibles older than the turn of the last century you'll see this word over and over.
It's a bit more indepth than that skittles . I'ts like the word Jesus was not yehoshua's real name ...his mother didn't call him Jesus. I like the name his mother gave him better anyway .

Yaweh and Jehovah are the same word.

Omni_Skittles · 10-09-2008, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuzzy butt

It's just a universal recognised title . To set the Hebrew Christian god apart from the others. If you look in all bibles /most bibles older than the turn of the last century you'll see this word over and over.
It's a bit more indepth than that skittles . I'ts like the word Jesus was not yehoshua's real name ...his mother didn't call him Jesus. I like the name his mother gave him better anyway .

Yaweh and Jehovah are the same word.

except jehovah was a mistranslation... haha

Ted · 10-09-2008, 08:07 PM

Omni

Does it matter?

Jesus Aramaic name was Yeshua which directly translated into English is Joshua.

Shalom
Ted

Ted · 10-16-2008, 05:05 PM

An interesting thing about the name "YHWH" is that it was originally the name of an Arabian storm god. Meek.

Shalom
Ted

10-07-2008, 09:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Omni_Skittles the awesomest one :) Supporting Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Waxahachie, Texas Posts: 2,245	So Jehovah Doesn't Exist... The word anyways.... I learned this in Theology... It's kind of cool... The pronunciation Jehovah This pronunciation "Jehovah" is considered grammatically impossible by some Early English translators, unacquainted with or in opposition to Jewish tradition, read this word as they would any other word, and transcribed "Iehouah" (1530 A.D.), "Iehovah" (1611 A.D.), or "Jehovah" (1671 A.D.). In Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890 A.D.), James Strong transliterated יְהֹוָה as Yehovah. So basically a bunch of translators screwed up the vowel system of Hebrew... Like there were no "written vowels" until a time ago when they thought that the language would be lost if they didn't put in ways to pronounce it... so.. basically the squiggly things are the way you pronounce vowels... so yeah isn't that funny... I learned this in Intro to Theology... __________________ Always Learning...
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10-08-2008, 07:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ted Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gabriola Island BC Posts: 3,712	Re: So Jehovah Doesn't Exsist... As I recall the direct transliteration is "YHWH" pronounced Yahweh. The real question is "Does God care what we call Her/Him/It?" God has a thousand names. Shalom Ted
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10-08-2008, 11:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
fuzzy butt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,124	Re: So Jehovah Doesn't Exist... It's just a universal recognised title . To set the Hebrew Christian god apart from the others. If you look in all bibles /most bibles older than the turn of the last century you'll see this word over and over. It's a bit more indepth than that skittles . I'ts like the word Jesus was not yehoshua's real name ...his mother didn't call him Jesus. I like the name his mother gave him better anyway . Yaweh and Jehovah are the same word.
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10-09-2008, 08:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ted Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gabriola Island BC Posts: 3,712	Re: So Jehovah Doesn't Exist... Omni Does it matter? Jesus Aramaic name was Yeshua which directly translated into English is Joshua. Shalom Ted
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10-16-2008, 05:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ted Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gabriola Island BC Posts: 3,712	Re: So Jehovah Doesn't Exist... An interesting thing about the name "YHWH" is that it was originally the name of an Arabian storm god. Meek. Shalom Ted
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