Why is God's Name NOT in the Bible?
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Is not Yahweh the noun form of the infinitive haya, Being the noun form of the infinitive, it becomes nonnative, a noun.
It is but a title not a name as we understand for God, Yahweh, will be giving us a pure language in the Kingdom so that we may all call Him by one Name which He will reveal come that day. This is taught in Zephaniah
It is but a title not a name as we understand for God, Yahweh, will be giving us a pure language in the Kingdom so that we may all call Him by one Name which He will reveal come that day. This is taught in Zephaniah
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Here is the preface of the NASB translation.
This is why the holy name of God in the Old Testament is translated into another name!
THE PROPER NAME OF GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: In the Scriptures, the name of God is most significant and understandably so. It is inconceivable to think of spiritual matters without a proper designation for the Supreme Deity. Thus the most common name for the Deity is God, a translation of the original Elohim. One of the titles for God is Lord, a translation of Adonai. There is yet another name which is particularly assigned to God as His special or proper name, that is, the four letters YHWH (Exodus 3:14 and Isaiah 42:8). This name has not been pronounced by the Jews because of reverence for the great sacredness of the divine name. Therefore, it has been consistently translated LORD. The only exception to this translation of YHWH is when it occurs in immediate proximity to the word Lord, that is, Adonai. In that case it is regularly translated GOD in order to avoid confusion. It is known that for many years YHWH has been transliterated as Yahweh, however no complete certainty attaches to this pronunciation. (Preface NASB)
This is why the holy name of God in the Old Testament is translated into another name!
THE PROPER NAME OF GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: In the Scriptures, the name of God is most significant and understandably so. It is inconceivable to think of spiritual matters without a proper designation for the Supreme Deity. Thus the most common name for the Deity is God, a translation of the original Elohim. One of the titles for God is Lord, a translation of Adonai. There is yet another name which is particularly assigned to God as His special or proper name, that is, the four letters YHWH (Exodus 3:14 and Isaiah 42:8). This name has not been pronounced by the Jews because of reverence for the great sacredness of the divine name. Therefore, it has been consistently translated LORD. The only exception to this translation of YHWH is when it occurs in immediate proximity to the word Lord, that is, Adonai. In that case it is regularly translated GOD in order to avoid confusion. It is known that for many years YHWH has been transliterated as Yahweh, however no complete certainty attaches to this pronunciation. (Preface NASB)
Here is another translation in which the name of God was excluded in the O.T (RSV).
A major departure from the practice of the American Standard Version is the rendering of the Divine Name, the “Tetragrammaton.” The American Standard Version used the term “Jehovah”; the King James Version had employed this in four places, but everywhere else, except in three cases where it was employed as part of a proper name, used the English word Lord (or in certain cases God) printed in capitals. The present revision returns to the procedure of the King James Version, which follows the precedent of the ancient Greek and Latin translators and the long established practice in the reading of the Hebrew scriptures in the synagogue. While it is almost if not quite certain that the Name was originally pronounced “Yahweh,” this pronunciation was not indicated when the Masoretes added vowel signs to the consonantal Hebrew text. To the four consonants YHWH of the Name, which had come to be regarded as too sacred to be pronounced, they attached vowel signs indicating that in its place should be read the Hebrew word Adonai meaning “Lord” (or Elohim meaning “God”). The ancient Greek translators substituted the work Kyrios (Lord) for the Name. (RSV, 1971)
A major departure from the practice of the American Standard Version is the rendering of the Divine Name, the “Tetragrammaton.” The American Standard Version used the term “Jehovah”; the King James Version had employed this in four places, but everywhere else, except in three cases where it was employed as part of a proper name, used the English word Lord (or in certain cases God) printed in capitals. The present revision returns to the procedure of the King James Version, which follows the precedent of the ancient Greek and Latin translators and the long established practice in the reading of the Hebrew scriptures in the synagogue. While it is almost if not quite certain that the Name was originally pronounced “Yahweh,” this pronunciation was not indicated when the Masoretes added vowel signs to the consonantal Hebrew text. To the four consonants YHWH of the Name, which had come to be regarded as too sacred to be pronounced, they attached vowel signs indicating that in its place should be read the Hebrew word Adonai meaning “Lord” (or Elohim meaning “God”). The ancient Greek translators substituted the work Kyrios (Lord) for the Name. (RSV, 1971)
The word, god, is traced back as far a Sanscrit where the actual etymological origin is lost. The actual meanining is not truly known, however in English it came to be a designation for El, Elohim from the Word in Hebrew.
El may be fully translated as mighty one, however in reerence to Yahweh, it means the Only True Mighty One.
El may be fully translated as mighty one, however in reerence to Yahweh, it means the Only True Mighty One.
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No one want's to rock the boat.
People are by nature superstitious folk.
You may not realize how superstitious people really are.
I will give you an example.
Tell people that it will never happen to you (accidents, illness, e.tc), it always happens to other people.
They will take a step back and will be shocked that you boast, in such a dangerous manner.
Christians even react, some will even say, by the grace of God go I.
They all are deeply superstitious and idolators to boot.
Most will occupy their thought life with everything but Jesus, that is usually only for select moments on Sunday morning.
This is why a translation will never exist with 'YHWH' as the name of God in the OT.
People are by nature superstitious folk.
You may not realize how superstitious people really are.
I will give you an example.
Tell people that it will never happen to you (accidents, illness, e.tc), it always happens to other people.
They will take a step back and will be shocked that you boast, in such a dangerous manner.
Christians even react, some will even say, by the grace of God go I.
They all are deeply superstitious and idolators to boot.
Most will occupy their thought life with everything but Jesus, that is usually only for select moments on Sunday morning.
This is why a translation will never exist with 'YHWH' as the name of God in the OT.
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It is always Good, Blessed and Holy to pronounce the Name of the Lord, with Devotion, Love and Reverence, whether Yahweh, Jehovah, Yeshua or Jesus. God's Old Testament Name summarized that He was the Supreme Being, the Being Who gave Breath and Life and everything to creatures, which was so necessary at the time, of many false "gods". God's New Testament Name signifies that He is "Yahweh our Savior", or "The God Who saves us", which is what Jesus or Yeshua means, as it is written: "“And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins.”
Why is the Divine Child called "Yeshua". Because He is "Yahweh Our Savior"! Therefore, you shall call Him, "Yahweh our Savior/Yahweh Who Saves", because He (the Child, who is Yahweh/God in the Flesh) will Save His People from their sins.
I support Holy Name Bibles that, just very recently, have begun to put the Holy Name Yahweh back in the Holy Bible. Yahweh most often signifies the Father and restoring it imo will also cause Christians to love God the Father more. Please note that though Yahweh, in the Old Testament, most often signifies the Father (and then when it is said Word of Yahweh/Spirit of Yahweh etc, that refers to the Persons of the Son and the Spirit) sometimes, Yahweh is also used to refer to Son or Spirit.
Source for Holy Name Bible here: "This Holy Name Bible is Black in Bonded Leather done in 2019. The Holy Name Bible was first published by Angelo B. Traina in 1963. This Bible is a reprint of the 1989 version, but closer to the 1983 edition. The Preface at the beginning of the Bible tells many of the reasons for placing the true original names back into the scriptures. The Holy Name Bible was the first English Bible to restore the True Original Names of Yahweh-Elohim-Yahshua back into the Bible. Yahweh is the English transliteration of the four Hebrew characters called the tetragrammaton ...
Halleluyah means Praise Yahweh, not praise the Lord, and it is put back into the places it was taken out. Psalms 146 to 150 originally began and ended with Halleluyah, and it is inserted where it was originally written" https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Name-Bible-B-Traina/dp/B07XCYW82S
[Edit: Please note: I agree with using "Yahweh", "Yeshua" etc lovingly and reverently, but I don't agree that saying "Jesus" or even "Jehovah" is wrong, as some more extreme "hebrew name only" people claim. Imo, that also is a mistake]
God Bless.
Why is the Divine Child called "Yeshua". Because He is "Yahweh Our Savior"! Therefore, you shall call Him, "Yahweh our Savior/Yahweh Who Saves", because He (the Child, who is Yahweh/God in the Flesh) will Save His People from their sins.
I support Holy Name Bibles that, just very recently, have begun to put the Holy Name Yahweh back in the Holy Bible. Yahweh most often signifies the Father and restoring it imo will also cause Christians to love God the Father more. Please note that though Yahweh, in the Old Testament, most often signifies the Father (and then when it is said Word of Yahweh/Spirit of Yahweh etc, that refers to the Persons of the Son and the Spirit) sometimes, Yahweh is also used to refer to Son or Spirit.
Source for Holy Name Bible here: "This Holy Name Bible is Black in Bonded Leather done in 2019. The Holy Name Bible was first published by Angelo B. Traina in 1963. This Bible is a reprint of the 1989 version, but closer to the 1983 edition. The Preface at the beginning of the Bible tells many of the reasons for placing the true original names back into the scriptures. The Holy Name Bible was the first English Bible to restore the True Original Names of Yahweh-Elohim-Yahshua back into the Bible. Yahweh is the English transliteration of the four Hebrew characters called the tetragrammaton ...
Halleluyah means Praise Yahweh, not praise the Lord, and it is put back into the places it was taken out. Psalms 146 to 150 originally began and ended with Halleluyah, and it is inserted where it was originally written" https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Name-Bible-B-Traina/dp/B07XCYW82S
[Edit: Please note: I agree with using "Yahweh", "Yeshua" etc lovingly and reverently, but I don't agree that saying "Jesus" or even "Jehovah" is wrong, as some more extreme "hebrew name only" people claim. Imo, that also is a mistake]
God Bless.