Hebrew Voices #147 – What is the Sacred Name of God?

This is the first time I’ve heard the history of the pronunciation of Yahweh – and not supported by the Biblical records – not exegesis but eisegesis!

It is not entirely true that some Spanish speakers cannot or do not pronounce the “J” sound. They just flip them… as in “yes” becames “jes” and “just” becomes “yust”… something i never really understood.

Shalom J.W. ,
curious as to what is your take on Yahweh?

I have always found it interesting that Spanish speaking people either cannot or do not pronounce “J’s”

I always saw that as a reason why “Jehovah” could not have been the ORIGINAL pronunciation, because IF, and I do say IF, God were a stickler for details concerning pronunciation of His Name, the entire Spanish speaking family would never be able to pronounce correctly.

Besides, the letter “J” was not even invented until 1521 A.D. and then by an Italian.

I always thought that ”He Causes Being” was a legitimate secondary meaning adding dimension to Yehovah. Now, if I understand Nehemia correctly, it is not. “He Causes Being” is Yahweh, which we know is not God’s Name. So, “He Causes Being” can be an aspect of God, but it is not an aspect of The Divine Name.

Did I understand this right?

I love that the pronunciation of Yehovah in Spanish sounds almost identical to the English… and sounds nothing like Yahweh !