“God” is a title, not a name. So is “Lord.”
Just what is God’s name? Anyone even know?
We’re not supposed to say.
It’s Trevor.
Who says you are not supposed to say?
But don’t tell him I told you. It’s a secret.
Ethilrist did.
Exod.3
[14] And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
this is the only biblical reference that i know of.
i’ve heard that His name is the tetragrammaton. Y’know, yod he vau he, YHWH, Yaweh, Jehova etc
Her real name is Eris though.
True. “God” is just her screenname.
Which God? Allah? Krishna? Thor? Isis? Yahweh? Baal? Nergal? Athena? Coyote? Quetzacoatl? Mammon?
What is the name of our Universe?
“The.”
“He who knows the name of God will undo creation.”
…think I saw that in a movie…
And wasn’t there an Arthur C. Clarke short story about what happens when you know all nine billion names of God?
It is pronounced “yah-weh.” It comes from the paleo-Hebrew: YHWH. Isaish 42:8, "I am ‘the LORD,’ that is my name…
Except “the LORD” is a substitution for YHWH. YHWH appears almost 7,000 times in the Bible. “the LORD” is a substitution, based on Jewish tradition (which I respect, but disagree with).
“Allah” is not a name. It is merely “God” in Arabic. The God of the Koran doesn’t have a name.
In the Bible, God had a name before YHVH was mentioned: Abraham worshipped “El-Shaddai,” which I think means “The God of the Rock.” The Book of Genesis also uses the name “Elohim,” which is merely a plural form of “El,” a generic term for “god.” The plural form suggests the ancient Hebrews did not ALWAYS have a monotheistic faith, even in Abraham’s time.
But a much better known name, of course, is the holy and unspeakable Tetragrammaton, YHVH, or Yahweh, or Yahuwah, or Jehovah, or, as we truly saved SubGenii like to call him, “Jehovah-1, that evil space god from some corporate sin galaxy”! We don’t exactly worship Him, but we’re pretty sure He’s on our side, ever since our risen saviour J.R. “Bob” Dobbs worked out a deal with Him, sometime in the 1950’s. We’ve also got Jesus on our side – well, most of the Jesii, including the Fightin’ Jesus and our business manager, Jesus Bevilacqua. The Nice Jesus won’t return our phone calls. You can get the whole story at www.subgenius.com. Praise “Bob”! And beware the STARK FIST of JEHOVAH-1!
It is actually unpronouncible. In the hebrew bible his name is marked by two yuds which doesn’t sound like “yah-weh”. With the vowels it is more like “yih-yuh”.“Yahweh”, “Jahovah”, etc. are all incorrect translations. When saying his name (which looks like two apostrophes- ’ ') you say “Adonai” instead, which means lord in hebrew. You don’t say his name both because it is unpronouncible and would be inapropriate.
The pronounciation is very clear. It is said “yah-weh.” Hundred of scholars agree on this.
Why would God tell us His name if He didn’t want us to use it (Isaiah 42:8)?
“el shaddiah” mean God Almighty. That’s another title.
“el elyon” is another title. It means God Most High.
I have a Jewish friend that tells me the 10 commandments forbids her to use God’s name. She won’t even say “God.” Instead, she says HaShem (“the Name”).
I don’t get it.
Mr Police:
Since you know all the answeres, why bother with a debate?
ThoughtPolice, when was the last time you read the Old Testament in Hebrew. I thought so.
PS: Sorry, I didn’t see how new you were. You might want to try one of the other forums (IMHO or GQ) for this kind of stuff.