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Why is there so much disagreement on Gods name?
Some quote the scripture at (Exodus 20:7) 7 “You must not take up the name of your God in a worthless way", . . . leaving out His name because it somehow turned into a curse. Yet the scriptures clearly state how important Gods name really is. . 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.” Yet many translations will leave out that name. Many say we can never say it right because it is Hebrew and it's a different language that sounds different.
But this is the real puzzle, the whole old testament of the Bible was written in Hebrew, all those words all those names and there is no rebuttal on any of them and yet the most important name is shrouded in mystery, don't you find this very odd?
The Tetragrammaton (יהוה), occurs 6,828 times in the Hebrew text printed in Biblia Hebraica and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. In the Hebrew Scriptures the New World Translation contains the divine name 6,973 times, because the translators took into account, among other things, the fact that in some places the scribes had replaced the divine name with ’Adho·nai′ or ’Elo·him′. The very frequency of the appearance of the name attests to its importance to the Bible’s Author, whose name it is. Its use throughout the Scriptures far outnumbers that of any of the titles, such as “Sovereign Lord” or “God,” applied to him.
From the looks of all the varied answers so far I'm right in thinking there is so much confusion on the very most important name of all. I wonder who could be at the root of this confusion on this particular name while all others have gone for the most part untouched by any type of questioning?
Some say Jesus' name is not pronounced correctly also yet it is used with no problems. Why is Jehovah's name so different? It's so scrutinized that it can't even be said!
Quique, you are so right with all,- but one group of people you can have over 7,000,000 in a very large room speaking in all the languages of the world and they will all be on the very same page. They will know this very important name without question. Our chief commander Jesus told them to sanctify his Fathers name. (Matthew 6:9) . . .“‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.” How can you follow this direction if you don’t know that name? Yodh in the Philippines wears the name very proudly I can see.
Paul, see what happened? Jehovah lost His name because it was removed from His book and it opened the door for the great apostasy Paul prophesied about. Now it is a common belief that Jesus is God. Yet Jesus said, (John 14:28) 28 You heard that I said to you, I am going away and I am coming [back] to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
You see Paul, when Jehovah's name is not removed from His book His personage is easily seen as only one person. Jesus said regarding our commandments using his Fathers name, (Mark 12:29, 30) 29 Jesus answered: “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God is one Jehovah, 30 and you must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind and with your whole strength.’" Jesus left NO room for himself to be confused for his Father. (James 4:8) 8 Draw close to God, and he will draw close to YOU. . . .
When I draw close to
someone the first thing I learn is their name.
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
As far as I know, His name (glory be to him) in hebrew is Eloh, Alah in aramaic and Allah/Ellah (according to the word position) in arabic.
I remember that the actor on the across said: "E laa he / Elahi ..." though I don't know Aramaic, I knew that he said "My god" the same way all Arabic language speakers say it (including Jews and Christians)
I heard that the word Jehova comes from YHWH (which I pronounce it like this YaHoWaH) and according to the hebrew bible it mentioned before Eloh(im) and Ya means Oh "Yahowah Elohim" which means "Oh he is Elohim(God)"
Source(s): Muslim - IJAHLv 68 years ago
I think that some people feel like they should be afraid of God, and that fear is the only way to serve him, but God says to get closer to him, how can i fear him, and get closer at the same time? The bible answers this question>>>>>>>>“If only they would develop this heart of theirs to fear me and to keep all my commandments always.”—DEUTERONOMY 5:29."If only they would develop this heart of theirs to fear me and to keep all my commandments always, in order that it might go well with them and their sons to time indefinite!">>>>Superstition hides the name. At some point a superstitious idea arose among the Jews that it was wrong even to pronounce the divine name (represented by the Tetragrammaton). Just what basis was originally assigned for discontinuing the use of the name is not definitely known. Some hold that the name was viewed as being too sacred for imperfect lips to speak. Yet the Hebrew Scriptures themselves give no evidence that any of God’s true servants ever felt any hesitancy about pronouncing his name. Non-Biblical Hebrew documents, such as the so-called Lachish Letters, show the name was used in regular correspondence in Palestine during the latter part of the seventh century B.C.E..... see link below for full topic of converstaion
- ?Lv 58 years ago
Taking out the vowel you have J H V H. Since J is not a Hebrew letter, the closest sound like letter is Y like Yashua for the name of Jesus or Yahsua or Joshua. W is for double V. The first vowel. is always used A not 2nd vowel E for Yah. And the 2nd next for Weh.
Jehovah's is reversed, A is last.
No wonder, you will be one of the two witness in Revelations together with the Mormons.
Source(s): 777thSabbath.com - ROBERT PLv 78 years ago
There is no disagreement on God's name. God revealed himself progressively and under different names to his people, but the revelation that proved to be the fundamental one for both the Old and the New Covenants was the revelation of the divine name to Moses in the theophany of the burning bush, on the threshold of the Exodus and of the covenant on Sinai. In revealing his mysterious name, YHWH (I AM HE WHO IS, I AM WHO AM, or I AM WHO I AM ), God says who he is and by what name he is to be called. The divine name is mysterious just as God is a mystery.
EDIT....Psalm 83:18 "May they know that you alone are the Lord, supreme ruler over all the earth".The New World Translation Bible is corrupt, because it is a sectarian paraphrase rather than a true translation of the Holy Scriptures.
- 8 years ago
Psalms 83:18 says that people may know that you,whose name is Jehovah,you alone are the Most High over all the earth.this proves that there should not be any disagreement on God,s name.
Source(s): New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. - 8 years ago
The difference being would be different areas books in the bible have been written in, and also the different names God has been given in the bible. Abba and Jehovah are two such examples. it's really all in where you're from.
- ?Lv 58 years ago
Unfortunately get two or three of us Christians in a room and we would not be able to agree about much of anything written in the Scriptures.
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- 8 years ago
Names verses Attributes. YWHY is his name. El Shaddi etc are his attributes. Yeshua is his HEBREW name..... Jesus is a transliteration from Aramaic, Greek, Latin to English
- JAMES KLv 78 years ago
No. Anyone who studies the language and customs is not confused at all. Those who do not study and learn are.
