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.
James
I am going to hate myself in the morning, but...
What you are trying not to say is the *Tetragrammaton* ( "word with four
letters") which is the usual reference to the Hebrew name for God, which
is spelled (in the Hebrew alphabet): ?? (yodh) ?? (heh) ?? (vav) ??
(heh) or ????? (reading right to left = YHVH, or with the Biblical
Hebrew pronunciation, YHWH). It is the distinctive personal name of the
God of Israel.
Of course I would need to point out that the correct way of listing them
would be He Vav He Yodh since Hebrew is written and read right to left.
Qabbalists tend to run the letters together and pronounce the name
'Yaheshawa'. Well, actually they try not to because it is supposed to
leave you open to being blasted from heaven by 'He who is not to be
named'. In the mystical beliefs of Semitic peoples calling the true name
of something gives you power over that entity and the Hebrew god is
admittedly a jealous god who doesn't like to be challenged. The belief
that naming things with their true name is reflected in the tale of the
Garden of Eden where the 'God of Abraham' gives the Garden to Adam and
Eve and commands them to name the things in it. For more about how the
'God of Abraham' is a jealous god check out the 10 Commandments as
handed down to Moses on Mt Sinai.
Cheers!
Rick
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