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what is God's name?

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  • 4 years ago

    Which one?

    Enki? Enlil? Tiamat? Pele? Zeus?

    Umu Dabrutu?

    If you're talking about the god that the Jews invented, its Adonai.

    The letters YHWH that was used in print was to remind the reader that god's name was to be pronounced as "Adonai" because it was too precious to be printed out in text. Hence, the substituted letters.

    YHWH was not vowelized pronunciation marks.

    That's the reason why Jewish prayers such as the shema - the most important prayer for them - pronounces Adonai and not Jehova or Yahweh:

    "Shema Yisraeil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad"

    "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One"

    The name "Yahweh" and subsequent name "Jehovah" came from a misunderstanding by medieval scholars who thought that YHWH meant "Yahoweh" or "Yehowah". The mistranslation went viral and the name is in widespread use to today.

    The fact that billions of people continue to pray using this mistranslation demonstrates that they are not communicating with anything from a source beyond their own imaginations.

    Even the name "Jesus" isn't the original name. Wanna hear about that one?

  • 4 years ago

    Zeus, Pan, Cernunnos, Ares, Hades, Hermes, Jupiter, Apollo, Pluto, Vishnu, Ra, Osiris, Jehovah, Jesus...which God??

  • 4 years ago

    Humans all have personal names. Wouldn’t it be reasonable for God to have a name? Having and using personal names is a vital part of human friendships. Should it be different when it comes to our friendship with God?

    In the Bible, God says: “I am Jehovah. That is my name.” (Isaiah 42:8) Although he also has many titles, such as “God Almighty,” “Sovereign Lord,” and “Creator,” he honors his worshippers by inviting them to address him by his personal name.—Genesis 17:1; Acts 4:24; 1 Peter 4:19.

    Many translations of the Bible contain God’s personal name at Exodus 6:3. That passage says: “I used to appear to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty, but as respects my name Jehovah I did not make myself known to them.”

    Jehovah is a rendering of God’s name in English that has been used for centuries. While many scholars prefer the spelling “Yahweh,” Jehovah is the form of the name that is most widely recognized. The first part of the Bible was written not in English but in Hebrew, a language that is read from right to left. In that language, the divine name appears as four consonants, יהוה. Those four Hebrew characters—transliterated YHWH—are known as the Tetragrammaton.

  • Otto
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    God has many titles but has only one name. That name is JEHOVAH.

    When the Bible was written, the name Jehovah in Hebrew appeared in it some 7,000 times. -Exodus 3:15; Psalm 83:18.

    Source(s): Bible
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  • 4 years ago

    In Ruski language, word for snake/Satan is pronounced the same way Gringos pronounce "god".

    So, you must learn Church Slavonic. Otherwise, Gringos will be telling you lies all your life.

    Move to Western Russia. We'll wait for you. Forgive us.

  • 4 years ago

    His name is Harold.

    We used to say his name at school when reciting the Lord's Prayer.

    "Our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name."

  • ?
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    Lemmy

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    The first mention of God's Name in the bible is "I AM"

  • ?
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    In the English language, Jehovah is the accepted pronunciation of the Divine name.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Imaginary creatures answer to whatever name you provide for them. Rolls eyes

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