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The Name of God
Posted : 3 Aug, 2013 12:19 PM
The Name of God has traditionally been hidden by the orthodox jews. They have a ban which makes speaking the Name of Yahweh a crime:
It is forbidden to read the glorious and terrible name as it is written, as the sages said "He that pronounces the name as it is written has no portion in the world to come". Therefore it must be read as if it were written Adonai.
(Mishnah Berurah 5:2)
In cultures around the world, not saying a person's name is a way to dishonor that person. Usually, if a person commits an evil act, or if they are executed, or banished, their name is not to be spoken anymore. In addition, in cultures such as Egypt, their name is also erased from all records. This custom of not saying the name of evil persons is a worldwide custom that spans many nations from ancient times until today. Why then would the jews make a law that states the Name of Yahweh is not to be spoken? Why then would they erase the Name of Yahweh from the Bible and replace His Name with titles such as Adonai? They would have you believe that it was to protect the Name of Yahweh. But is this what Yahweh wants? For His name to be forgotten? If we study the Bible, instead of what the rabbis say, we would know. The Bible is very clear, we are commanded to say the Name of Yahweh out loud.
Deu 31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
Deu 31:11 When all Israel is come to appear before Yahweh thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Deu 31:12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
Deu 31:13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
This passage is a command to read aloud the Bible every 7 years. This would include saying the Name of Yahweh out loud for everyone to hear. How many people do you know today that keep this commandment?
This ban on the Name is seen among most English translations today. In the King James version, the Name of Yahweh has been replaced with LORD. Only in a few places is the Name translated as Jehovah, which is not even how the Name is pronounced! Even the King James Version is at fault for following the ban on the Name.
Look at Deu 31:19. This passage refers to a song which contains the Name of Yahweh:
Deu 31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Deu 31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Deu 31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
We are commanded to sing this song and never to forget it. Do you know how to sing the song?
Deu 32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Deu 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Deu 32:3 Because I will publish the name of Yahweh: ascribe ye greatness unto our Eloheem.
The Hebrew word translated as publish is kawraw. It means to call or yell. Clearly by this passage there is a blessing for calling the Name of Yahweh out loud.
Rth 2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, Yahweh be with you. And they answered him, Yahweh bless thee.
Saying the name of Yahweh was a common practice in those times.
Psa 22:22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
David declared the Name of Yahweh to his brethren. In those days there was no ban on the Name.
Psa 102:21 To declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Is the Name of Yahweh declared in Jerusalem today?
Jer 23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
Jer 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have
forgotten my name for Lord (Baal).
This prophecy was fulfilled. False prophets have caused people to forget Yahweh's Name. Yahweh was replaced with LORD. Baal means lord or master. Baal is a title of both men and false gods.
Isa 12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise Yahweh, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Many people today say "Praise the Lord!" They should be saying "Praise Yahweh!"
Is His Name exalted, or hidden?
Hos 2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith Yahweh, that thou shalt call me "Ishi";
and shalt call me no more "My Lord" (Baali).
Baali means "My lord". What do most people call Yahweh today?
Joe 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Yahweh shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Yahweh hath said, and in the remnant whom Yahweh shall call.
This verse is in a passage about the tribulation. The remnant that calls on Yahweh's Name shall be delivered. This verse does not say that saying Yahweh is a requirement for salvation, as some "Sacred-Name" groups claim.
Mat 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
If Yahshua was quoting the Hebrew Old Testament, then Yahshua said the Name of Yahweh out loud. He quoted many Bible verses containing the Name of Yahweh.
Joh 17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. .l
The word translated manifested is the Greek word faneroo. It means to declare, show, or reveal. Whether or not the disciples used the Name before they met Yahshua is not mentioned. A ban on the Name by the Greek ruler Antiochus Epiphanes in 168 B.C. may have caused the people to forget the Name.
Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Here again is proof that Yahshua spoke the Name of Yahweh. To declare the Name means that Yahshua would have had to speak it out loud.
Pronunciation of Yahweh
It is a difficult task to look at the letters "yod hay wov hay" and try to determine how they were originally pronounced. However, not everyone who used the Name accepted the ban on it's use. Many people, even some Jews, continued to pronounce the Name, and they have kept it's pronunciation through the centuries until now.
The Samaritans did not accept the ban and continue to pronounce the Name as "YAH-way". These are the modern day Syrians.
The Ethiopians pronounce the Name as "YAH-way". Ethiopian tradition teaches that this is how Yahshua and His disciples pronounced it.
The 2nd century writer Clement of Alexandria transliterated the Name from Hebrew into Greek as "YAH-way". Transliterated means translated from one written language into another while keeping the same pronunciation.
The 1st century Jewish historian Josephus wrote that the Name consists of 4 vowels. The four vowel sounds of the Hebrew letters are ee for yod, ah for hay, oo for wav, and ay for final hay. Ee-ah-oo-ay, if said slowly, or Yahway if said quickly.
The Mesha Stele is a basalt stone with an inscription by the 9th century BC king of Moab, Mesha. On the stone is carved the Name in Moabite and it is pronounced as "YAH-way".
An Egyptian record of the land of Shasu dated at the 15th century B.C. contains the name Yahweh.
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