The Jews forgot the Name of God! They were too afraid to speak it out loud so the Name was lost forever to the sands of history! Even today they call Him Hashem ("the name") or just Lord or God. But He actually had a personal Name according to the Bible, in fact, God's Name is the most recurring Name in the Bible. It was written as HWHY (Hebrew is backwards) so in English it would be YHWH.YHWH is the most frequently appearing Name in the Bible, in the KJV they translated YHWH as "the LORD" so every time the LORD appears the original text actually says YHWH.There is strong evidence the first vowel was "a" because of all the Jewish names that reference YHWH:Isaiah (Eye zay YAH)JeremaiahObadiahUzziahYahshua/YeshuaSome theories are that the Name was Yahweh or Yehowah (Jehovah). Some people like the Rastafarians call Him simply Yah or Jah.There is an ancient Jewish spellbook called the Sword of Moses that says the true name of Yahweh is like over 100 letters long and lists the whole name as a magic name.Even the name of Jesus was forgotten. In every existant manuscript his name is written exclusively as Iesous or an abbreviation of Iesous, with abbreviations appearing first, like I.S. They used abbreviations because they were too afraid to write the name sometimes. Most people think Iesous means Yeshua, in the talmud Jesus is called Yeshu or Yeshua. In the Quran however He is called Isa. And in Latin Iesous was changed to Iesus and in English Iesus was changed to Jesus. Now, Iesous is pronounced Ee Ay Zoos. Lol.
>>18763281Its a fucking riddle, dumbass. They lost the name of God, and were waiting to have it given back to them. The children of God were given the name of God for their salvation in Christ.Figure it the fuck out, moron.
>>18763281>Some theories are that the Name was YahwehActually the Samaritans still spoke the name in late antiquity and some Christian writer recorded them as pronouncing it like ιαβη, which is phonetically close enough to Yahweh
>>18763281I mean in case they forgot, they can just read Greek or Akkadian records. According to Greeks, the name was Iau or Iaō. Akkadian records preserved the name as parts of theophoric names. It seems, originally it was Yahu, then the second Heh was added, so the result is Yahweh. Theophoric names still kept the short form: Eliyahu (Elijah) means "my god is Yahu".
>so in English it would be YHWH.I hate this meme. In English it would be Yahweh, because English has vowels while Hebrew does not. You can’t correctly translate something into a language with an alphabet without vowels.
>They used abbreviations because they were too afraid to write the nameThat’s also just outright wrong. The original reason behind nomina sacra is not well understood, but we can be confident it was not this because it is sometimes used for words that are not names of God.
>>18763399Well, they literally didn't have all the vowels back then.
>>18763406?What are you talking about, we’re talking about Greek and nomina sacra (the ancient Christian practice of abbreviating certain words and drawing a line above them, (e.g. instead of Ἰησοῦς, Ἰς with a line above it).
>>18763281Nah, you're missing the purpose of spelling it like that.It's clearly an amalgamation of forms of the verb "to be"They thought about it for hundreds of years and decided the highest name should be written alluding to existence itself, and that you actually can't pronounce it because it's not a real word.This also fixed the problem of different regions having differing traditions for what the name of their god should be. No more bickering over differences like pagans if you make it unspeakable.
>>18763415A, my mistake. YHW in my mind.Isn't it the abbreviation an instance of the common sacral/profane distinction?
>>18763281You're not suppose to pronounce it because its meaning is not phonetic. Its a clue to scholars that before phonetics, meaning was in the pictographs. The name is the compression of more than a few ideas, but for a modern audience, it can mostly be explained as actualization and spiritual unification. Hand spirit and spirit.Y H + H
>>18763426We don’t know why they started doing it. All we can do is guess. What is most interesting about it imo is its unique evidence to ancient belief in the deity of the Holy Spirit, and insight into how certain passages were interpreted at that time (since scribes only abbreviated “spirit” when it referred to the Holy Spirit, and there are some passages where it is disputed whether it refers to the Holy Spirit or some other spirit e.g. Hebrews 9:14).
>>18763393In English it woild be I AM because that's how it's translated in the New Testament and that is what Jesus says about Himself. However, Jesus taught us tk pray to our Father
>>18763435Specifically, the divine name is an abbreviation of “I am that I am” (ehyeh asher ehyeh).
>>18763440Yes, and Jesus says "before Abraham was, I AM" because He exists independently of Abraham or Adam or any other human. That is His Divine Nature speaking
>>18763447It is always the united hypostasis who speaks, and never the natures (which would be Nestorianism).
>>18763466Not necessarily. The "it is not known to the Son but only to the Father" is an example of human nature, still pure and sinless though.
>>18763281Ya Hueh
Did it come to us from Jews?It did?Dump it.*the complete clarity ever since - I can't recommend this guideline enough
>>18763433"David" was also abbreviated with a nomen sacrum, this doesn't make him part of the Trinity. "Mother", "cross" and "Jerusalem" were likewise common substitutions. Nomina sacra tell us nothing about the word's state of divinity.
>>18763281>The correct name for this foreign insane dietyThis should have only been a concern for like one or two hyper-nerds with tenure at a university somewhere.
