Paul G. Allen wrote:
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 12:03 -0700, James E. Henderson wrote:
Paul G. Allen wrote:
Because the word "Creator" is capitalized, the implication is he is
speaking about God (to be more specific, Jehova, the God of the Jews and
the Christian God). Why? Because it has always been the standard
practice, when referring to Jevoha, to always capitalize He, Him, God,
Creator, or any other word that refers to Him.
That's JHVH. Actually, to be more accurate, it's the Hebrew characters
most closely corresponding to JHVH or JHWH, sometimes written as
Jehovah, sometimes as Jahveh or Jahweh, to suggest particular
pronunciations, but the way it is actually, historically, pronounced has
been lost.
The original spelling begins with the English letter "Y". Because I
can't remember the spelling, and I have no references here, I can't
provide it here (maybe I can find it in a Google search, but last time I
did it took more time than I want to spend while I'm supposed to be
working.
As for pronunciation, It's usually something like "Yah-way".
Correction, I did find a reference in a quick search:
Yahweh (yä'wĕ) , modern reconstruction of YHWH, the ancient Hebrew
ineffable name for God. Other forms are Jah, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh,
Jehovah, Yahve, Yahveh, and Yahwe.
Yes, the 'Y' is a valid substitute for the 'J' above, both being
characters in the Roman alphabet that approximate the character in the
Hebrew alphabet (Aleph-Beth?) with similar sounds.
James
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