And so my search of the importance of YHWH in the word goes on. (Adding the faith of Abraham and his story into the mix). I get the sense that knowing who the Father- YHWH is of much more importance than checking off a box that says I believe, as so many of the sinners' prayer profess.Īs I see it, knowing, really knowing and putting one's complete faith into the creator- YHWH is of extreme importance on the journey. well we all know there were plenty of demons that knew who Jesus was, and I dare say who the Father was, but they, as far as I know won't be saved. I wonder if this is how many people see this- the LORD? As part of my journey, (by way of clarifying why I ask this question- which in my mind is so different from the ones found here at hermenutics.exchange and so many other places) I look at one of the most prolific verses from the Bible of John 3:16 and see that ".that whoever believes in him". In my up bringing and I dare say most, when the word Lord is used it doesn't give the person that is being spoken about a personality yet the God that we are speaking about is loaded with personality and when the article "the" is placed in front of the word LORD the personality of the one being spoken about is lost- at least in my sense of how I read it. And then to add, I have never seen anyone called Lord as a name. You could say that this Lord is the highest and best Lord and so are differentiating this Lord over others- obviously making perfect sense, but this doesn't go very far as to being the actual name of the person- just that he is a Lord, specifically "the" LORD. I have never seen anyone called the John, the Lisa, the Steve, unless, as I have seen spoken of, that you want to differentiate the person from another of the same name, and this one- the Steve, is the best, most important, most prolific one, here using the article "the" makes sense. And then to see that most translations of the OT use the Tetragrammaton of YHWH to say "the LORD". I've looked through much of the "similar questions" section, but my search goes deeper, I believe, it goes to the idea of one's name and what it represents. Further references of the name Yahweh in the Old Testament: Complete list available here. The following compound names which start with "YHWH" have been shown using "Jehovah." This is due to the common usage of "Jehovah" in the English of these compound names in the early English translations of the Bible (e.g., the Geneva Bible, the King James Version, etc.). As a result of this, Adonai is occasionally a substitute for YHWH. During the third century A.D., the Jewish people stopped saying this name in fear of contravening the commandment "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain" (Exodus 20:7). Many pronounce YHWH as "Yahweh" or "Jehovah." We no longer know for certain the exact pronunciation. The modern spelling as "Yahweh" includes vowels to assist in pronunciation. While YHWH is first used in Genesis 2, God did not reveal Himself as YHWH until Exodus 3. YHWH comes from the Hebrew letters: Yud, Hay, Vav, Hay. YHWH is referred to as the Tetragrammaton (which simply means "the four letters"). This name of God which (by Jewish tradition) is too holy to voice, is actually spelled "YHWH" without vowels. Meaning: Yahweh is the promised name of God.
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