No doubt you will reject the following snippet of much of the...

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    No doubt you will reject the following snippet of much of the evidence available.

    Yahweh Is Not Jehovah
    During the intertestamental period of Israel, around 500 BC, the Jews became very concerned with not blaspheming the name of the Lord. So rather than saying the name Yahweh, they would say Elohim instead, which is the Hebrew word for god. However, this did not solve the problem of what to do when one came across the name Yahweh during the reading of the Scriptures.
    The Jews decided that when they came to the name “YHWH” they would say the Hebrew word adonay, which means “Lord.” To remind the reader to say “adonay,” and to maintain the presence of the word “YHWH,” they assigned the vowels of “adonay” into the consonants of “YHWH.” However, it was never intended that this form be read aloud.
    During the Middle Ages scholars began to read the consonants of “YHWH” with the vowels of “adonay,” which resulted in the word “Jehovah,”
    an artificial word bearing no relation to the name of the God of Israel in biblical times. Because the Germans were the first to make this transfer it was written Jehovah instead of Yehowah since j’s and w’s are pronounced as y’s and v’s.
    “It is quite certain, however, that the ancient Israelites never used this term for their God; formally it is like a genetic hybrid, as artificial as the words ‘eledile’ and ‘crocophant.’” (Tryggve N. D. Mettinger. In Search of God: The Meaning and Message of the Everlasting Names, p. 16.)
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    On the contrary Wotsup, it supports the fact that God revealed his personal name to Israel. It also confirms it was Jewish superstition has led to their unwillingness to use the name God revealed to them. Little wonder they were rejected. - Matt 21:43.
    Jesus rather than hide God's name as the Jews had done asked his Father to glorify it.


    (John 12:28) Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have glorified it and will glorify it again.”
 
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