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YHWH is usually expanded to Yahweh in English. [11] Modern Rabbinical Jewish culture judges it forbidden to pronounce this name. In prayers it is replaced by the word אֲדֹנָי (Adonai, Hebrew pronunciation: ' My Lords ', Pluralis majestatis taken as singular), and in discussion by HaShem 'The Name'.
The English form Jehovah (יְהֹוָה , Yəhōwā) was formed during the Middle Ages by combining the Latinization of the four consonants YHWH with the vowel points that Masoretes used to indicate that the reader should say Adonai when YHWH was encountered. [16] Thus Jehovah was obtained by adding the vowels of Adonai to the consonants of ...
Jellicoe cites various scholars (B. J. Roberts, Baudissin, Kahle and C. H. Roberts) and various segments of the Septuagint concluding that the absence of Adonai from the text [clarify] suggests that the insertion of the term Κύριος was a later practice; [193] that the Septuagint Κύριος is used to substitute YHWH; and that the ...
The Christian Community Bible (1988) is a translation of the Christian Bible in the English language originally produced in the Philippines and uses "Yahweh". The World English Bible (1997) is based on the 1901 American Standard Version, but uses "Yahweh" instead of "Jehovah". [103] Hebraic Roots Bible (2009, 2012). [104]
In English, they prefer to use the form Jehovah. [34] According to their New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, the name Jehovah means "He causes to become". [35] Though scholars prefer the form Yahweh, Jehovah's Witnesses maintain that the name Jehovah is the most well known form in English.
The Tetragrammaton in Phoenician (12th century BCE to 150 BCE), Paleo-Hebrew (10th century BCE to 135 CE), and square Hebrew (3rd century BCE to present) scripts. The Tetragrammaton [note 1] is the four-letter Hebrew theonym יהוה (transliterated as YHWH or YHVH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible.
The God on the Winged Wheel coin, minted in Gaza City, southern Philistia, during the Persian period of the 4th century BCE. It possibly represents Yahweh enthroned on a winged wheel, although this identification is disputed among scholars. Deities of the ancient Near East Ancient Egyptian Amun Anubis Apis Atum Buchis Geb Horus Isis Montu Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Qetesh Ra Set Shu Tefnut Thoth ...
[Note 1] The names of God used most often in the Hebrew Bible are the Tetragrammaton (Hebrew: יהוה, romanized: YHWH) and Elohim. [4] [5] Jews traditionally do not pronounce it, and instead refer to God as HaShem, literally "the Name". In prayer, the Tetragrammaton is substituted with the pronunciation Adonai, meaning "My Lord". [27]