From: "Paul G. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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'wÄ) , modern reconstruction of YHWH, the ancient Hebrew
ineffable name for God. Other forms are Jah, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh,
Jehovah, Yahve, Yahveh, and Yahwe.
There's no J or W sounds in hebrew. The first letter it a yud (a y sound).
But for some reason its translated to english as a J or I. Its also the
first letter of Jerusalem and Isreal (correctly pronounced yuh-roo-sa-lum
and yee-srah-el). The second letter is a hay, an h sound usually dominated
by an assumed vowel (there are no written vowels in hebrew). Beyond that no
idea, the full word isn't written even in the torah, its considered by Jews
to be too holy to write.
Gabe
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