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Isaiah 45.5 I am YHWH, and there is none else besides me; there is no Alhym but me. I have bound you, and you have not known me.
יהוח are the four letters that represent God’s Name in Hebrew, known as the Hebrew Tetragrammaton. God’s Name, in the form of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, is found 6,728 times in the Hebrew Scriptures. The Torah is the supreme authority of the Bible, written without vowels. God’s Name in Hebrew is read from right to left יהוח (YHWH).
The voiced palatal approximant is a type of consonant used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨j⟩. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j, and in the Americanist phonetic notation it is ⟨y⟩.
In other words, when translating from Hebrew to English the first letter is a /y/ not a /j/.
Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤅 (w, “waw”). Compare Arabic و (w) and Hebrew ו (w)
Voiced bilabial means your upper and lower lips form the /w/ shape and sound called a “waw” pronounced “wow” in Hebrew.
Q.About when did the Hebrew ‘waw’ begin to be taken as ‘vav’?
A. The historic pronunciation of this letter (a voiced bilabial) is /waw/, a pronunciation attested in various Semitic languages (ancient and modern). Moreover, even the Masoretes (600 C.E.–1000 C.E.) arguably pronounced this letter as /waw/ (not /vav/). The common pronunciation of this letter today as /vav/ (rather than /waw/) is a reflection of conventions in the modern period, primarily those hailing from Germanic language practices (notice, for example, that the German letter /w/ is pronounced as an English /v/, not as an English /w/; thus, the German word “Wasser” [water] is pronounced /vasser/ in German). In sum, the tradition of pronouncing this letter as /waw/ is historically more accurate (and so it is found in many grammars of biblical Hebrew, including Thomas Lambdin’s). The convention of pronouncing it as /vav/ is also acceptable, but this pronunciation does hail from the modern period.
Christopher Rollston is an associate professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at George Washington University. He is a philologist and epigrapher of ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean languages and works in more than a dozen ancient and modern languages, including Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, as well as Ugaritic, Phoenician, Akkadian, Ammonite, and Moabite. He is the author of several books, including Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel (SBL, 2010).
Professor Steve Fassberg steven.fassberg@mail.huji.ac.il Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“There is no doubt that the original sound was w and not v.”
I always said that if it was a /w/ in The Hebrew Tetragrammaton, then it’s Yahweh.
It’s Abba, the same as the Western Dialect of Aramaic.
Hebrew phonics, its /ah/ not /aw/.
Yahweh is a Hebrew verb phrase. It means, “He who brings into being”, The Creator.
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The Law of Moses
Acts 2.36 Therefore let all the house of Isra’Al know assuredly, that God hath made that same Ihsou, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Romans 10.4 For Christ is the end of the law (meaning The Mosaic Law) for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Colossians 2.14 erasing the manuscript of doctrine against us; And this came from His Instrument (Greek τοῦ μέσου His Mesou), nailed to The Cross.
Co;ossians 2.16 Therefore do not judge your brothers in food or drink, or in respect of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
Colossians 2.17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body is Christ.
Galatians 3.24 So the law became our tutor in Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
The One Law
Before the fall of man was The One Law. Life is Sacred and Love with Mercy is Sacred, written with blood on The Cross by Christ. And the lesson of The Cross, be Love with Mercy no matter what is happening to you.
Galatians 6.2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
I am The Walking Bible and The Living Torah. And you have trampled on the words of my Father. What is God asking back from you O Earthling Man but to do good and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
My Father is not a Taskmaster and He does not carry a whip. Being a Slave of God means being a slave of His love.
Have reverence for The Cross, because my love is represented on it and the love of My Son. Only have more reverence for me, says God Almighty.
