Concealing the name of God

[CherubRam]

Concealing the name of God


Concealing the name of God was not only a custom, it was also made a law.


The sages quoted, "This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations" (Ex. iii. 15). Here the word "le-'olam" (forever) is written defectively, being without the "waw" for the vowel "o," which renders the reading "le-'allem" (to conceal; Ḳid. 71a).



Forty years prior to the destruction of the Temple, the priests ceased to pronounce the Name (Yoma39b). From that time the pronunciation of the Name was prohibited. "Whoever pronounces the Name forfeits his portion in the future world" (Sanh. xi. 1).

30 AD to 70 AD.


Abba Saul (2d cent.) condemned the profanation of the Tetragrammaton by classing those "that speak the Name according to its letters," with those who have no part in the future world (Sanh. x. 1); and according to 'Ab. Zarah 17b, one of the martyrs of Hadrian's time, Hananiah b. Teradion, was burned at the stake because he so uttered the Name.



The view that prayer is more effectual if the name of God is pronounced in it as it is written caused the scholars of Kairwan to address a question in the eleventh century to Hai Gaon with reference to the pronunciation of the Shem ha-Meforash, to which he answered that it might not be uttered at all outside the Holy Land (Hai Gaon, "Ṭa'am Zeḳenim," p. 55; see Löw, "Gesammelte Schriften," i. 204).



Because Hebrews dropped their 'ayins', to keep from saying God's name, hence we have "y'shua." Also spelled Yeshua, for which we have in Greek, "Iēsous" and "Isus." These are corruptions of the names that begin with "Yah."



Thirteen theophoric names with "Yeho" have corresponding forms where the letters eh have been omitted. There is a theory by Christian Ginsburg that this is due to Hebrew scribes omitting the "h", changing Jeho (יְהוֹ‎) into Jo (יוֹ‎), to make the start of "Yeho-" names not sound like an attempt to pronounce the Divine Name.

Theophoric Names: Theophoric name - Wikipedia





Praise, Exalt, and Proclaim His Name


Exodus 34:5

Then Yahwah came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, Yahwah.


1 Chronicles 16:8

Give praise to Yahwah, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.


Psalm 34:3

Glorify Yahwah with me; let us exalt his name together.


Psalm 68:4

Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is Yahwah.


Psalm 96:2

Sing to Yahwah, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.


Psalm 105:1

Give praise to Yahwah, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.


Psalm 148:13

Let them praise the name of Yahwah, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.


Isaiah 12:4

In that day you will say: “Give praise to Yahwah, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.


Isaiah 47:4

Our Redeemer—Yahwah of Host is his name— is the Holy One of Israel.


Isaiah 52:6

Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I.”



Malachi 2:2

If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says Yahwah of Host, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.



Last Days.

Zechariah 13:9

This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘Yahwah is our God.’”




Yahwah reveals His name to Moses
Exodus 3:13-15.
13 And Moses said to Elohiym, “Suppose I go to the siblings of the Israelites and say to them, 'The Elohiym of your forefathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?”
14 And Elohiym said to Moses, “The Living that Lives. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'The Living has sent me to you.”
15 And Elohiym also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, 'Yahwah, the Elohiym of your forefathers; the Elohiym of Abraham, the Elohiym of Isaac and the Elohiym of Jacob has sent me to you.' That’s my name forever, the name by which I’m to be remembered, from generation to generation.”



Exodus 6:3
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name Yahwah I did not make myself fully known to them.







Yahwah
A note on the words hawah and hayah.


Quote from pages 217 and 218 of the Brown-Driver-Briggs. Ref # 3068-69 on page 217.
Brown-Driver-Briggs on page 218 states that, "Many recent scholars explain יהוה‎ as Hiph. of הוה equals היה "

הוה hawah / HWH is hawah.
היה hayah / HYH is hayah.


Note that the vowels are all " a."
יהוה Yahwah


The vowels are "a" in the Brown-Driver-Briggs, the NIV Exhaustive Concordance, and the Strong's Exhaustive Concordances.

The name Yahwah is from the Aramaic, not the Hebrew.

 

[FrankDux]

which renders the reading "le-'allem"
(to conceal; Ḳid. 71a).

This is in line with the idiomatic uses of " darkness " in the Tanakh and it's connotations of being hidden / concealed, for example

Psalm 88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

מחשך machshak {makh-shawk'} from 2821; TWOT - 769d; n m AV - darkness 4, dark places 2, dark 1; 7 1) dark place, darkness, secrecy 1a) hiding-place 1b) dark region 1c) grave

חשך chashak {khaw-shak'} a primitive root; TWOT - - darken , dark , blacker , darkness , dim , , variant ; to be or become dark, grow dim, be darkened, be black, be hidden, to be or grow dark, to have a dark color , to grow dim , to make dark, cause to be dark, to hide, conceal,to obscure, confuse (figurative)

 

[FrankDux]

Also, take for example, the verse of

Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel .


עלמה `almah {al-maw'} from 05958; TWOT - 1630b; n f AV - virgin 4, maid 2, damsels 1; 7 1) virgin, young woman 1a) of marriageable age 1b) maid or newly married

from

עלם `elem {eh'-lem} from 05956; TWOT - 1630a; n m AV - young man 1, stripling 1; 2 1) young man

from

עלם `alam {aw-lam'} a primitive root; TWOT - 1629; v AV - hide 22, blind 1, dissemblers 1, hidden 1, secret 1, secret thing 1, any ways 1; 28 1) to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret 1a) (Qal) secret (participle) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be concealed 1b2) concealed, dissembler (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to conceal, hide 1d) (Hithpael) to hide oneself

 

[Radrook]

I hope that you realize that the name Jesus isn't pronounced the same in every language. In Spanish they are spelled identically. However, in Spanish the "ë" in Jesus is a short vowel sound while the "u" is a long vowel sound. The "u" in Spanish is stressed or accented and the "J" is pronounced as an "h".

 

[CherubRam]

I hope that you realize that the name Jesus isn't pronounced the same in every language. In Spanish they are spelled identically. However, in Spanish the "ë" in Jesus is a short vowel sound while the "u" is a long vowel sound. The "u" in Spanish is stressed or accented and the "J" is pronounced as an "h".

Christ name in English is Yahshua.

 

[CherubRam]

Did you noticed that those who call upon the name Yahwah are His People? And those who do not call upon His name Yahwah are cursed.

 

[CherubRam]

In German the letter J is pronounced as an Y. English is based upon the German language. Some scholars believe the letter J was introduced to keep people from pronouncing God's name.

 

[Radrook]

Christ name in English is Yahshua.

 

[Radrook]

In German the letter J is pronounced as an Y. English is based upon the German language. Some scholars believe the letter J was introduced to keep people from pronouncing God's name.

The name means Jah is salvation.
Yahshua - Wikipedia

 

[CherubRam]

Hebrew Dictionary (Lexicon-Concordance)
Key Word Studies (Translations-Definitions-Meanings)
» H5956 «


#5956 עָלַם `alam {aw-lam'}

a primitive root; TWOT - 1629; v

—Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)


1) to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret
1a) (Qal) secret (participle)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be concealed
1b2) concealed, dissembler (participle)
1c) (Hiphil) to conceal, hide
1d) (Hithpael) to hide oneself

—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)
A primitive root; to veil from sight, that is, conceal (literally or figuratively):— X any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
—Strong's (Hebrew & Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)

#5956.
עָלַם
alam (761a); a prim. root; to conceal:—
NASB - blind(1), disregard*(1), escapes(1), ever(1), hidden(10), hide(6), hides(1), melts(1), neglect(1), pay no attention(2), pretenders(1), secret(1), shuts(1).

 

[CherubRam]

The spelling Yahshua (יהושע) is found in Hebrew texts transliterated as Yothe He Waw Shin Ayin.

 

[CherubRam]

The name means Jah is salvation.
Yahshua - Wikipedia

Yahshua means "Yah's Salvation.

 

[CherubRam]

Jeremiah 23:27.
Through their dreams that they tell one another, they make plans to cause My people to forget My name as their fathers forgot My name through Baal worship.


My translation
Through their imaginings that they tell each other, they made plans to cause my people to forget my name, like their forefathers forgot my name through Baal worship.

 

[CherubRam]

Psalm 14:4
Will evildoers never learn— those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on Yahwah ?

Psalm 79:6
Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;

Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.

 

[CherubRam]

I hope that you realize that the name Jesus isn't pronounced the same in every language. In Spanish they are spelled identically. However, in Spanish the "ë" in Jesus is a short vowel sound while the "u" is a long vowel sound. The "u" in Spanish is stressed or accented and the "J" is pronounced as an "h".

Jesus: The English form "Jesus" was not seen nor spoken until AFTER the year 1525...

when Sir William Tyndale -A Protestant Reformer from Oxford, England - INVENTED IT!

 

[CherubRam]

You guys worry me. I try to talk to you about things of importance, and I get no feed back. Not even one "like" for post #1.

 

[CherubRam]

During the Babylonian captivity the Hebrew language spoken by the Jews was replaced by the Aramaic language of their Babylonian captors. Aramaic was closely related to Hebrew, and while sharing many vocabulary words in common, they contained some words that sounded the same or similar but had other meanings.
In Aramaic, the Hebrew word for “blaspheme” used in Leviticus 24:16, “Anyone who blasphemes the name of Yahwah must be put to death” began to be interpreted as “pronounce” rather than “blaspheme”. When the Jews began speaking Aramaic, this verse was misunderstood to mean, “Anyone who pronounces the name of Yahwah must be put to death.” Since then observant Jews have maintained the custom of not pronouncing the name. This also lead to some believing that God's name is not pronounceable.

 

[CherubRam]

Some Biblical theophoric names end in ia(h) or yah as shortened forms of Yahwah: That points to the vowels being "a".

 

[CherubRam]

God's name means "Life Began." There is nothing more holy than life.

 

[gadar perets]

The spelling Yahshua (יהושע) is found in Hebrew texts transliterated as Yothe He Waw Shin Ayin.

Yahshua is spelled Yothe He Shin Ayin. Which English letter in "Yahshua" represents the Waw? Correctly transliterated into English, Yothe He Waw Shin Ayin would be Yahoshua or Yahushua. However, neither Yahshua, nor Yahoshua are the Son's name. If anything, that would be the son of Nun's name.