Hebrew Voices #147 – What is the Sacred Name of God?
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, What is the Sacred Name of God?, Bible Scholar Dr. Nehemia Gordon gives an interview at the World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Nehemia answers the most common questions about the sacred name … Continue reading →
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, What is the Sacred Name of God?, Bible Scholar Dr. Nehemia Gordon gives an interview at the World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Nehemia answers the most common questions about the sacred name of God, the available Hebrew evidence regarding the Name and its meaning, and the linguistic connection between “Yehovah” and the name “Yeshua.”
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Hebrew Voices #147 – What is the Sacred Name of God?
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Josias: You know the topic; we were discussing this before. And basically, according to all the evidence that you have explored in your field...
Nehemia: Yeah.
Josias: How do you think Moses would pronounce the name? But let's start with what evidence we have, biblical evidence.
Nehemia: Yahweh is the common understanding of most scholars today; that was introduced in 1699.
He was a Church Father who around the year 450 CE or AD, he wrote that “The Jews don't pronounce the name,” the Tetragrammaton, “but the Samaritans call it Yahveh.”
Josias: Does that have something in common with the name Yeshua?
Nehemia: So, I was just at the Israel Museum the other day, and they have an ossuary; it's a bone box. And there was a man buried in that bone box whose name was Yehoshua.
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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 !
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