WHAT IS HIS NAME?
Does he have a name?
In Exodus 3:13-15, the Creator revealed to Moshe that His eternal Name is represented by the Hebrew letters "yud-hey-vuv-hey", often shown in English as "YHVH or YHWH." Since He "spoke" the name, Moses knew the pronunciation of it. The Bible says that the very Name itself is to be used, propagated and spoken:
Moses said to Elohim "Look, when I appear before the people of Israel and say to them, 'The Elohim of your ancestors has sent me to you'; and they ask me,
'What is his name?' what am I to tell them?"
Elohim said to Moses, "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh [I am what I am]," and added, "Here is what to say to the people of Israel: 'Ehyeh has sent me to you.' Elohim said further to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel: '[yud-hey-vuv-hey], (Yahweh) the Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you.'
This is my name forever; this is how I am to be remembered generation after generation.
IS THAT STATEMTENT BY YAHWEH HIMSELF IMPORTANT?
Exodus 20 verse seven (The "Third Commandment") says: "You are not to "lash·shawv" (use lightly, destroy, or bring to nought) the name of YHVH your Elohim." By hiding, refusing to use, and purposely misspelling His name, we have done just that.
The vowels we find in surviving uses of the sacred name in chumashim or siddurim were placed there by the Masorites in the 8th century, when they created vowel points to help people pronounce the words of the Torah. However, the Masorites were afraid to put the correct vowels with the Divine Name, due to the superstition of "ineffability" brought back from Babylon. This superstition said that the name of a deity should not be spoken so as to not bring attention to one's self and receive the wrath of the "god." So instead of placing the vowels necessary to correctly pronounce the Divine Name, they placed the vowels of the word "Adonawy" (meaning "my lord") with the tetragramaton, and later the vowel sounds for the Hebrew word "Eloah" (singular form of Elohim) This was done to make it impossible for anyone reading the Masoretic text to pronounce the Divine Name -- purposely or otherwise.
This substitution lead to incorrect pronunciations such as "Yehoveh" or "Yehoweh" or "Jehovah."
The Masorites changed Hebrew names which begin with a short form of the Divine Name due to the superstition of ineffability. They again substituted the vowels for the word Eloah. This substitution is confirmed by the earlier (3rd century) Aramaic addition of vowels which preserve (in the Peshita) the original pronunciation of the Divine Name used in the beginning of common names. Examples are Yahu-shaw-fawt ("Jehosaphat" in English due to Masoretic substitution resulting in Yeho-shaw-fawt) which means "Yah judged, " and Yahu-shu'a ("Jehoshua, Joshua, Yehoshua" in English due to Masoretic substitution resulting in "Yeho'shu'a" or "Yeshua" or "Yeshua") which means "Yah saved" or "Yah's salvation," which is the name of the Messiah.
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"HIS NAME IS HIS MEMORIAL FOREVER"!
Exodus 3:15 Moreover Elohim said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: YAHWEH Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My Memorial to all generations.
"HIS NAME ENDURES FOREVER!
Psalms 135:13 Your name O Yahweh, endures forever,Your fame, O Yahweh, throughout all generations.
HIS NAME IS A MEMORABLE NAME!
Hosea 12:5 That is, Yahweh Elohim of hosts. Yahweh is His memorable name.
YAHWEH IS HIS NAME!
Isaiah 42:8 I am Yahweh, that is my name;And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.
CALL UPON HIS NAME!
Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of Yahweh shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, as Yahweh has said, Among the remnant whom Yahweh calls.
Quoted in Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of Yahweh Shall be saved.
Also quoted in Romans 10:13 For "whoever calls on the name of Yahweh shall be saved."
PRAISE HIS NAME!
Psalms 113:3 From the rising of the sun to its going down Yahweh's Name is to be praised.
GLORY IN HIS HOLY NAME!
Psalms 105:3 Glory in His Holy Name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek Yahweh!
SHALL GLORIFY YOUR NAME
Psalms 86:9 ALL NATIONS whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Sovreiegn, And shall glorify Your Name!
DECLARE HIS NAME!
Psalms 102:21 to declare the Name of Yahweh in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem, When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
Psalms 22:22 I will DECLARE YOUR NAME to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
WALK IN HIS NAME!
Micah 4:5 For all people walk each in the name of his elohim, But we will walk in the Name of Yahweh our Elohim forever and ever
RUN TO HIS NAME!
Proverbs 18:10 The Name of Yahweh is a strong tower: The righteous run to it and are safe.
SING TO HIS NAME!
Psalms 66:4 All the earth shall worship You and sing praises to You; They shall sing praises to Your Name.
GIVE THANKS TO HIS HOLY NAME!
Psalms 106:47 Save us, O Yahweh our Elohim, And gather us from among the Gentiles, to give thanks to Your Holy Name, To triumph in Your praise.
EXALT HIS NAME!
Psalms 34:3 Oh, magnify Yahweh with me, and let us exalt His Name together.
BLESS HIS NAME!
Psalms 96:2 Sing to Yahweh, Bless His Name:
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF YAHWEH!
Job 1:21 And Job said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb,And naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away; blessed be the Name of Yahweh"
WAIT UPON HIS NAME!
Psalms 52:9 I will praise You forever,Because You have done it; And in the presence of Your saints I will wait on Your Name, for it is good.
REMEMBER HIS NAME!
Psalms 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the Name of Yahweh our Elohim.
Psalms 83:16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek Your Name, Oh Yahweh.
KNOW HIS NAME!
Psalms 9:10 and those who know Your Name will put their trust in You; For You, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek You.
THINK ABOUT HIS NAME!
Malachi 3:16 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke to one another, And Yahweh listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear Yahweh And who Meditate on His Name.
FEAR HIS NAME!
Malachi 4:2 But to you who fear My Name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.
TRUST IN HIS NAME!
Isaiah 50:10 "Who among you fears Yahweh? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the Name of Yahweh and rely upon his Elohim.
SET HIS NAME APART!
Isaiah 29:23 But when he sees his children, The work of My hands, in his midst, They will Hallow My Name. And hallow the Holy One of Jacob, And fear the Elohim of Israel.
HIS NAME IS HOLY!
Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose Name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
HIS NAME IS EXCELLENT!
Psalms 8:1 O Yahweh, our Sovreiegn, how excellent is Your Name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
HIS NAME IS MAJESTIC!
Micah 5:4 And He shall stand and feed His flock in the strength of Yahweh, In the majesty of the Name of Yahweh His Elohim; And they shall abide, For now He shall be great To the ends of the earth;
HIS NAME IS HOLY AND AWESOME!
Psalms 111:9 He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever: Holy and awesome is His Name.
