Hebrew Voices #81 – The Origins of Yahweh

November 7, 2018

In this episode of Hebrew Voices, The Origins of Yahweh, Nehemia Gordon talks about what the Samaritans call God, how they understand His name, and what the pronunciation “Yahweh” may truly mean. This episode is available as a video as … Continue reading →

In this episode of Hebrew Voices, The Origins of Yahweh, Nehemia Gordon talks about what the Samaritans call God, how they understand His name, and what the pronunciation “Yahweh” may truly mean. This episode is available as a video as well as a podcast.

Lowel wrote: “This is an excellent teaching. To understand any idea or concept it is always best to go back to the furthest root, and this is what Nehemia has done so meticulously. Being familiar with the academic world, I know that just because “Super Academics” or everybody says something, that does not make it right... Keep up the good work!”

I look forward to reading your comments!

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Hebrew Voices #81 – The Origins of Yahweh

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Nehemia: Hopefully in the second half we’ll get back the name of the Creator of the universe and see what this has to do with Yahweh. Because this is key to understanding where we get Yahweh. When I discovered this, this really was one of the most important discoveries of my life. I had heard people say this before and I’m like, “You’re just guessing. You don’t know. Stop your guessing. I want to see evidence,” and then I found the smoking gun that I’m going to share in part two.

Benjamin Netanyahu: Le ma’an Zion lo ekhesheh, u’l’ma’an Yerushalayim lo eshkot. (For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest. Isaiah 62:1)

Michael: Bible prophesy is being fulfilled today in the land of Israel and even around the world. Jeremiah said that in the last days, Israel would come into their land in the last days, and that the gentiles would come to Israel and cry out for the abominations that they inherited from their forefathers.

It says that when the gentiles cry out in repentance saying, “Surely we have inherited lies. We have inherited pagan gods. We have inherited things that do not advantage us at all. They’re vain.” It says that the Almighty promises that the gentiles who repent will know His hand, His might, His strength, and that “the gentiles will know that My name is,” in the King James, “the LORD.”

But that’s not what it says in the Hebrew text. In reprising The Gentiles Shall Know My Name, we have Nehemia Gordon back with us to give us an update on the greatest biblical research project of this century. Nehemia, good to have you back with us.

Nehemia: Good to be back, Michael. Shalom.

Michael: Shalom. Well, Nehemia, this is back in January of last year, of 2017, you had found at that point, I believe there were about six Hebrew manuscripts that had the correct vowel pointings, all…

Comments

Jennifer M CarrettiNovember 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM

That’s why they are lost, they love him and they have all the boxes checked. They have what they believe to be full understanding of the spiritual realm and lineages of traditions clear back from Mosha and the Torah.
So that’s why Jesus sent his son with his name, John ch17
Jesus came, so that finally they could receive the knowledge to be set free. Relationship over religion.
Paying attention to how we affect others and become a quiet bride who rises from her slumber of ignorance… That’s what he came to do.

Ready or not here he comes 📖⚔️⚔️🕊️ all are welcome.
You need only believe to receive the truth and be set free.

sirfrozNovember 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM

God is universal not ethnic and everyone has the spark of God in him/her, not just the Jews, regardless of race, color, religion. look up Lorna Byrne’s books or look her up on You tube

sirfrozNovember 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM

Jews believe Jehovah was a lone God and didn’t have a son and don’t believe in Jesus

Ephraim D'AngeloAugust 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM

I understand your zeal to restore the Yah back into Yehovah, however being a descendant of Sephardi Levite stock I know that that first syllable isn’t even pronounced when saying the name in Spanish. The elders never pronounced a vowel sound there at all. It was always from Y directly to the H sound. Neither is the latter H sounded, but is curiously absent. I myself am restoring the latter H sound when I utter Yah’s name now in my songs and this is because my family during the time of the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions removed the H from our name. This was a purposeful act to preserve our identity until later generations would return to Torah observance. The H means, to reveal or to point to something saying; behold, or look here. This Hey was removed in order to relay a message. That message relates to how in Spanish the name is spelled Jehová with an accent mark on the end. This is also significant since this should be spelled with the H showing, but curiously is not. The Latin form shows an H, but the Spanish remove the last H and the Portuguese remove both (Jeová), yet still using an accent on the end. This is because the majority of Spanish and Portuguese families were Levites. I am of Portuguese ancestry. Different cultures sound the A sound as and E and yet others the E as an A. For example as English speakers we say Adam, but other languages say Edom, yet it’s the same name. Eventually these technicalities and preferences will go away and we will all know the right way. In the mean time we need to continue to seek the truth and not brow beat each other with our personal preferences. Shalom

ShiriNovember 29, 2024 at 10:48 PM

Scripture in cub complete Jewish Bible states salvation not the word Yeshua
Isaiah 12:3 Then you will joyfully draw water from the springs of salvation
It mentions in Kjv about jehovah but that is verse 2 and in the Complete Jewish Bible states it is Adonai not Yeshua please quote what Bible actually states the word Yeshua before quoting a scripture

Erin McFarlinDecember 16, 2023 at 5:06 PM

Yeshua is found in Isaiah meaning Yehovah saves his people!!
Hebrew name version:
Isaiah 12:3 HNV — Therefore with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of yeshu`ah.

Interpretation belongs to God. He’s truth forever, He is, He was, He will be!
May shalom be upon us in His Name to His glory FOREVER! I’M SINGING FOR JOY

Erin McFarlinDecember 16, 2023 at 4:58 PM

Yehovah be praised and thank you Nehemia for bringing out the hidden things ESPECIALY His Holy Name!!!

John M RuggioSeptember 8, 2022 at 1:04 AM

Peace and unity in 240 lands. Jehovah and his son Jesus Christ are leading the New Jerusalem to proclaim his name and the good news of his kingdom globally as mans only hope. Jehovah is knocking at your door.

Ruth Y SmithDecember 21, 2019 at 5:45 PM

Thank you so much!
I am wondering if there is a Hebrew version of Revelation. I looked up the verse you referenced, I believe it is Revelation 1:8, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Wow.

David BeanNovember 27, 2018 at 10:18 AM

Regardless of how you spell it I keep hearing you say YAH o vah or YA ho vah. Not a “Jeh” or Yeh.

Oscar HernandezNovember 15, 2018 at 7:47 PM

That’s an amazing and very revealing teaching. In English. I initially read the Bible in Spanish. From the Reina-Valera version in 1602 with multiple revisions up to the 1960 version, whenever the YHVH appears, it’s written as Jehova, with a typical Spanish “soft J” pronunciation. The Spanish editors interpret the name as “He that causes to be” in various tenses. Perhaps Spanish jewery has had a much stronger influence in its rendition.

John R. OliverNovember 11, 2018 at 2:20 PM

It is very interesting that the Samaritans worshiped the God of No Name. This makes the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John 4 more clear. In John 4: 20 she said “Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” In His response, Jesus said in John 4: 22, “You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.” On the surface this sounds like a condescending and rude response. However, it does not look that way when we realize that the Samaritans worship the God of No Name. The Samaritan woman would probably not have been offended when Jesus said, “You worship what you do not know.” She probably would have agreed.

Aron BrackeenNovember 10, 2018 at 9:23 PM

Slam dunk! Excellent, NG!!

YolaNovember 10, 2018 at 3:11 PM

In the Old Testament it is always Yah. So if it isn’t Yaweh, strangely, why not Yahova claiming Yah to be restored in the pronounciation. Also pronouncing Yah is more like the sound of the wind and water. Which ialways has stand to be part of the Holy Character of God. I don’t know anything about (strong) concordance etc but if Hovah stands for something that isn’ t inspiring any goodness I feel that the “new” discovered name is like ying and yang, including bad in God. And God absolutely has NO darkness. So may the Peace of YAH keep us all who have faith, His Holy Spirit guide us to His Truth in Jesus Name. We will know instantly if we are called. Amen Aleluyah

eliad savelNovember 9, 2018 at 6:44 AM

nehemiah the today callendar is incorrect yes the calendar was changed by rabbi hillel the second in the 359CE ,YES HE WAS FORCED BY KING CONSTANTINUS

Bob CorriganNovember 8, 2018 at 7:22 PM

I have not had a chance to really study the word
“Yaweh”, but the little bit I did discover left no doubt that Yahweh is an incorrect pronunciation of God’s name. I did come to see that it was the name of a pagan diety. Mr Gordon has done us true believers a great service by investigating the source of the word Yaweh and revealing the truth of the word. This should leave no doubt as to the correct pronunciation of God’s true name, Yehovah. Even in the KJV, it is obvious that “Yaweh” is not how you pronounce His name.
The fact that this travesty stems from one person’s erroneous conclusion is no suprise. We see the same thing with the word “Abba” Millions and millions of Evangelicals believe that Abba means “daddy” because all of the Pharisees in the pulpit teach this. Where did this lie come from?
A German named Joachim Jeremias, a Luthren Scholar, wrote in 1971 that “abba” was the chatter, babbling of a small child, trying to say “Daddy”. Even though his theory was thourghly debunked by all of the scholars and linguists of his day ( And he even recanted) it was so sappy that it quickly caught on, became popular and from then on all of the preachers taught/teach that abba means ” daddy”. While “abba” does mean daddy today, in the first century it did not.
The same with people being told that God’s love is ” unconditional”. You wont find in any dictionary, lexicon or any word study book that agape means “unconditional love.”
But because an stauch atheist psychologist, Erich Fromm coined the phrase in his book, The Art of Loving, published 1956, it soon caught on with the world of psychology. From there it caught on with the hippies. And then, the ” preachers” involved with the Jesus Movement figured out that the best way to get the hippies into the church buildings was to merely say that God’s love was unconditional, and, ta da, all of the Evangelicals today all believe and teach something created by an atheist.
Sorry, didnt mean to get on my soap box. If you want to learn more truth, dont hesitate to obtain Mr Gordons material. His work will really help you understand the correct meaning of the New Testament.

Stephanie ShifletNovember 8, 2018 at 6:22 PM

Praise YeHoVah!! Awesome! HalLeLuYah! Exciting Revelations Being Revealed!!

El CoffeyNovember 8, 2018 at 4:16 PM

Hi Sue, many of nehemia’s posts show that God’s name was and is today spelt Yehovah. This is how it is written in over 1000 different manuscripts. Hope that helps,
Elliot

Peter HowellNovember 8, 2018 at 2:49 PM
Tony ClarkeNovember 8, 2018 at 12:04 PM

Shalom Nehemiah, I live in Nottinghamshire England the name of our Church is called The Congregation of Yahweh, I have tried to tell them the True Name but they won’t listen which is frustrating, Yehovah’s Blessings.

Marsha BoltonNovember 8, 2018 at 10:54 AM

20 years ago, I began learning Hebrew from “Biblical Hebrew Tutor CD-ROM Interactive Software Windows Parsons Technology.” The Name is shown on the screen with the same vowel points that Nehemiah has found in the manuscripts that he has studied and shown us. I sounded out the Name and said aloud “YeHoVaH,” but when I clicked on the word, the program’s voice said “Adonai.” At first I thought my CD-ROM disc had an error. That was when I first investigated and found that Jewish students are taught to say “Adonai” instead of actually saying the Name. MY POINT IS THAT THE VOWEL POINTS ARE NOT HIDDEN ON THIS CD ROM.

Sue WoodsNovember 7, 2018 at 5:38 PM

Shalom Nehemiah, If Gods name is not YHWH or Yawheh then how DO you spell his real name? I can sound it out yah hoe vah But how am I supposed to spell it. Thank You
Sue

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