Closed Why do Bibles use “LORD” instead of YHWH or Jehovah?5/9/09

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Why do Bibles use “LORD” instead of YHWH or Jehovah?
5/9/09

Bibles us "Lord" instead of YHWH or Jehovah because of the practice begun by the Jews hundreds of years before Christ. The Jews did not want to pronounce or mispronounce the name of YHWH out of reverence. They did not want to risk violating the commandment that says,

"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain," (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.).

So, the Jews began substituting God's name (in Hebrew, "Lord") which is now Adonai. This practice is followed today in English translations of the Bible to show reverence for the Holy Name. Finally, since the early Hebrew text did not contain vowels but only consonants, it is not known exactly how to pronounce God's name. So, LORD is substituted for YHWH.

If someone were to write out God's name in English Bibles, what exactly would be the name?
In the Hebrew Old Testament, the word for “God” is Elohim. God is also called “Lord,” which is a translation of the Hebrew Adonai. However, the special name of God that is given in You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. is YHWH, which is "I AM."

You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., “And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

The four letters YHWH are called the tetragrammaton and is sometimes written/pronounced Yahweh - a better pronunciation than Jehovah since there is no “j” in Hebrew. But, we cannot be sure what the proper pronunciation really is. So, instead of risking a mispronunciation of God's incredibly holy name which he himself revealed to us, and since the true pronunciation is lost, modern Bibles today substitute "lord" and LORD for those terms. The small letters of "lord" are usually translated from the Hebrew adonai, which simply means lord. The all capital LORD is the representation of YHWH, the personal name of God.

 

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[nikkz56]

Sabing ni jesus na ama namin sa langit sambahin ang pangalan mo. Di naman tayo part ng jews

 

[nikkz56]

And pabaliktad po ang basa niyan

 

[Newbiee]

Di tayo karapat-dapat, para bigkasin ang pangalan nya

 

[nikkz56]

Sino pupuri sa pangalan niya manga anghel niya? So pag napapasalamat tayo sa isang taong nagligtas sa isang tao sasabihin ba niya salamat sa mabuting tao pera alam niya kung ano ang pangalan niya

 

[nikkz56]

Awit 147:1,7,12 sana pasalamatan natin niya

 

[Vanch1018]

"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain," (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.).

 

[nikkz56]

Huwag magamit sa walang kabulohan ang pangalan niya example ginamit ng manga Israel ang pangalan niya sa isang nililok na guyang ginto simbulo ng diyos pera namatay sila kinain ng lupa gamit si moses

 

[Vanch1018]

Bibles use "Lord" instead of YHWH or Jehovah because of the practice begun by the Jews hundreds of years before Christ. The Jews did not want to pronounce or mispronounce the name of YHWH out of reverence. They did not want to risk violating the commandment that says,

"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain," (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.).

 

[nikkz56]

Matthew 6:9 You must pray, then, this way:“‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Mas susundin ko parin ang sinabi ni hesus kaysa sa manga jews

 

[Vanch1018]

Matthew 6:9 You must pray, then, this way:“‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Mas susundin ko parin ang sinabi ni hesus kaysa sa manga jews

Anong name yon sir.

 

[Vanch1018]

Matthew 6:9 You must pray, then, this way:“‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. Mas susundin ko parin ang sinabi ni hesus kaysa sa manga jews

Ginamit po ba ni kristo yong jehovah?

 

[Gentleman007]

Mahirap magpaliwanag sa mga taong bulag ang pag-iisip at walang interes sa katotohanan.

 

[Vanch1018]

"The position of God's name is unshakeable in the Hebrew Scriptures... With the Christian Greek Scriptures, the "New Testament", the situation is different... no ancient Greek manuscript that we possess today of the books of Matthew to Revelation contains God's name in full." The Divine Name that will Endure Forever p.23

 

[Gentleman007]

Ito nalang masasabi ko, basta ang alam ko si satanas ang may gusto na ipalimot sa tao ang kanyang banal na pangalan. Kaya hindi na nakapatataka kung bakit may mga tao na kagaya mo na ayaw at namumuhi sa pangalan ng Diyos kasi ganyan ganyan mismo ang katangian ng Diyablo, maninirang puri sa pangalan ng Diyos.

 

[Vanch1018]

Watchtower postulates that the pronunciation is not important, since Jehovah would have preserved the pronunciation if it was important.

"Thus it is evident that the original pronunciation of God's name is no longer known. Nor is it really important. If it were, then God Himself would have made sure that it was preserved for us to use. The important thing is to use God's name according to its conventional pronunciation in our own language." The Divine Name That Will Endure Forever p.7

 

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"The form Jehovah is of late medieval origin; it is a combination of the consonants of the Divine Name and the vowels attached to it by the Masoretes but belonging to an entirely different word. The sound of Y is represented by J and the sound of W by V, as in Latin. The word "Jehovah" does not accurately represent any form of the Name ever used in Hebrew." Revised Standard Version pp.6-7

 

[vespine]

so YAHWEH is acceptable? isn't the 'A' and 'E' is also added and not in the original tetra...?

The Jews did not want to pronounce or mispronounce the name of YHWH out of reverence.

Joel 2:32
[32]And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the NAME of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

Psalms 83:18
[18] That men may know that thou, whose NAME alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.


how can we be saved then?
should we just follow the Jews? is there any text we can read about that other than one of the ten commandments?
di ba iniba na ni Jesus(YESHUA since walang J sa Hebrew ) ang commandments? naging dalawa nalang?




source: King James Version bible

 

[Vanch1018]

so YAHWEH is acceptable? isn't the 'A' and 'E' is also added and not in the original tetra...?





Joel 2:32
[32]And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the NAME of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

Psalms 83:18
[18] That men may know that thou, whose NAME alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.


how can we be saved then?
should we just follow the Jews? is there any text we can read about that other than one of the ten commandments?
di ba iniba na ni Jesus(YESHUA since walang J sa Hebrew ) ang commandments? naging dalawa nalang?




source: King James Version bible

Naku sir,jehovah na naman yan sir originated from 14c.wala pong batas sa name ni jesus only the name of God na pinanggalingan ng lahat ng mga bagay.

Kahit mas tama yong YAHWEH kaysa jehovah hindi parin namin ginagamit yan(YAHWEH) kasi wala na ngang nakakaalam ng pronounciation ng YHWH kaya ni retain na lang namin yan as YHWH bilang paggalang sa Pangalan nya.mas gusto ko ng ganon kaysa dagdagan ko sya ng vowels for the sake of translating it.

Yong verse na sinite nyo wala namang problema doon except the name jehovah kasi artificial na lang yan at hindi naman jehova ang name na pinatutungkulan ng mga verse na yan kundi kay YHWH.

maaring maliit lang na bagay yan para inyo sir pero mas pipiliin ko na yong paraan ng mga esraelita kung paano nila binibigyan ng importansya ang name[YHWH] na yan.