JNM <*> The Original Pronunciation of YHVH is Unknown

[Yohannes]

THE ORIGINAL PRONUNCIATION OF YHWH IS LOST INTRODUCTION The true and original pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton is an elusive historical detail. The lack of any certainty in nailing down an exact form of pronunciation for this ancient name baffles many scholars. A few, especially Jewish scholars, are loth to admit they have lost the correct pronunciation of the name of their God. Of sacred name people, few are willing to show any degree of uncertain as to what they call "the original and true" pronunciation of the name. After all, getting the one and only original pronunciation of the name is the very essence of their sacred name doctrine. To admit that one does not know with certainty how the name was originally pronounced is tantamount to admitting the doctrine of a Hebrew sacred name is just a farce. THE ORIGINAL PRONUNCIATION OF YHWH IS LOST ...the true pronunciation of YHWH is quite lost. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, David Crystal, pg. 9, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. The true pronunciation of this name, by which God was known to the Hebrews, has been entirely lost. The New Unger's Bible Dictionary, pg. 781, Ed. Merrill Unger, Moody Press, Chicago, 1988. This name in now pronounced Yahweh by scholars; the true pronunciation of the name was lost during Judaism when a superstitious fear prevented its enunciation. Dictionary of the Bible, pg. 316, ed. John McKenzie, Macmillan Co, New York, 1965. The true pronunciation of the name YHWH was never lost. Several early Greek writers of the Christian Church testify that the name was pronounced 'Yahweh.' Encyclopedia Judaica, pg. 680, The Macmillan Co., New York, 1971. Early writers such as Clement of Alexandria in the 2nd century, had used a form like Yahweh, and this pronunciation of the tetragrammaton was never really lost. The New Encyclopedia Britannica, pg. 804, Encyclopedia Britannica inc., Chicago, 1987. CONCLUSION: The original pronunciation of YHWH is lost and has been lost for many centuries. However, the pronunciation espoused by Samaritans and early Catholic writers "was never really lost." HOW DID THE PRONUNCIATION COME TO BE? The form Yahweh is a scholarly attempt at reconstruction The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, David Crystal, pg. 9, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Modern scholars believe the approximate pronunciation was Yahweh. The Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible, pg. 409, Abingdon Publishing Co. Nashville. The form Yahweh is here adopted as particularly the best. The only competing form would be Yehweh... J. B. Rotherham, The Emphasized Bible, Introduction pg. 22, The Standard Publishing Co., Cincinnati, 1916. CONCLUSION: The scholars are guessing. Sacred name teachers are also guessing at a way to pronounce the name. While we must not doubt their sincerity, they are only guessing. Such lack of facts cannot be the basis for a saving faith and holds no place in the certified gospel. HISTORICALLY THE PRONUNCIATION YAHWEH IS DEPENDENT ON: Clement of Alexandria (3rd Century AD) says the Jews said Iaoue - EE-A-OU-E. Egyptian magic papyri (late 3rd Century AD) has Iabe - E-A-VE. Theodoret of Cyprus (5th Century AD) said the Samaritans of his time spoke Iabe - E-A-VE and Iabia - E-A-VY Gilbert Genebrard, 16th Century (aka Genebrardus) professor of Hebrew at the College Royal and Archbishop of Aix was likely the first to suggest the pronunciation Yahweh. Modern Samaritan priests (19th Century) pronounce Yahweh or Yahwa. CONCLUSION: Secular religious scholars stake their reputations as scholars on guessing at a pronunciation of the name based on evidence gleaned from early Roman Catholic scholars, from Egyptian magicians, from 2nd Century Samaritans, and others. Gilbert Genebrard, a French Hebrew scholar and Archbishop of Aix, seems to have been first scholar to advance the pronunciation Yahweh as an acceptable possibility. Other and more modern scholars have accepted Yahweh as a workably pronunciation and agreed upon it by use. 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