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Green's translation renders the Tetragrammaton (יהוה YHWH) as Jehovah in 6,866 places throughout the Old Testament. With respect to the transliteration of the Tetragrammaton, Green opined that the worst approach was to transliterate the name as LORD, writing that "Every nation had their lords, but only Israel had Jehovah as their God.
It is common Jewish practice to restrict the use of the names of God to a liturgical context. In casual conversation some Jews, even when not speaking Hebrew, will call God HaShem (השם), which is Hebrew for 'the Name' (compare Leviticus 24:11 and Deuteronomy 28:58). When written, it is often abbreviated to ה׳.
The Hebrew personal name of God YHWH is rendered as "the L ORD" in many translations of the Bible, with Elohim being rendered as "God"; certain translations of Scripture render the Tetragrammaton with Yahweh or Jehovah in particular places, with the latter vocalization being used in the King James Version, Tyndale Bible, and other translations ...
Arthur Green (Hebrew: אברהם יצחק גרין, born March 21, 1941) [1] is an American scholar of Jewish mysticism and Neo-Hasidic theologian. He was a founding dean of the non-denominational rabbinical program at Hebrew College in Boston .
Green was born in Sheepshead Bay, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. [2] In 1957, his family moved to Canoga Park, Los Angeles, where he grew up. [3] [2] Green's parents were Jewish and eventually became Christian Scientists.
Ariel This melodic, gender-neutral name is used to describe the city of Jerusalem and has a fierce meaning of “Lion of God.” (Plus, a p 50 Hebrew Boy Names and Their Meanings Skip to main content
In all probability Jewish Christians wrote the Tetragrammaton in Hebrew as well. Toward the end of the first Christian century, when the church had become predominantly Gentile, the motive for retaining the Hebrew name for God was lost and the words kyrios and theos were substituted for it in Christian copies of Old Testament Septuagints.
The term "El Shaddai" may mean "god of the mountains", referring to the Mesopotamian divine mountain. [18] This could also refer to the Israelite camp's stay at biblical Mount Sinai where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. According to Stephen L. Harris, the term was "one of the patriarchal names for the Mesopotamian tribal god". [18]